After trading stars, spunky Yanks rally past Mets 6-5 in 10

Only time will tell if the prospects they got in return will pan out and make Cashman look like a genius but as of right now the Yankees were a big victor on Monday they took an already rising farm system and turned it into one of the best in baseball adding guys like Frazier, Torres, Tate and others they can either keep these guys and develop them or they could be used as trade bait to possibly bring in an ace like Chris Sale Cashman now has a ton of options. The Yankees (53-52), who were swept by Tampa Bay over the weekend to enter Monday 5 1/2 games behind the Boston Red Sox in the race for the American League’s second wild card, completed their fire sale by trading Carlos Beltran to the Texas Rangers for three prospects and sending Ivan Nova to the Pittsburgh Pirates for two players to be named later.

Starlin Castro’s sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning lifted the New York Yankees to a 6-5 win over the New York Mets on Monday night in the first Subway Series game of the season at Citi Field. I hope I can contribute.

Also adding to the intrigue is Rodriguez is just four home runs away from 700 for his career.

“I thought the effort was great”, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.

Rodriguez pinch-hit in the ninth inning and hit a game-ending flyout to shallow right, just his seventh at-bat since July 22. Since being promoted to Triple-A, he’s mashed 13 long balls in 48 games to go alongside an impressive.316 batting average.

Earlier this month, Beltran displaced A-Rod from his DH slot.

When Gary Sanchez is promoted from SWB Wednesday to DH against Mets lefty Steven Matz, the Yankees will likely send outfielder Ben Gamel to SWB and carry three catchers. He’s still owed the remainder of his $21 million salary this season and he’s in line for another $21 million next season. The money makes a trade unlikely, leading to speculation he will be designated for assignment and then released.

“Right now we will possibly use him [as a starter]”, Girardi said.

Speaking on Michael Kay’s ESPN radio show Tuesday, Steinbrenner said he hadn’t discussed the buying out of A-Rod’s remaining contract. The game featured two ties and three lead changes but was as memorable for what happened beforehand, when both teams made two trades.

For now, Rodriguez is prepared to mentor while he sits when healthy for the most time since he was a rookie with Seattle in 1994. Instead of going all in on the usual pieces to make a post-season run, they chose to go with a different formula.

According to the New York Daily News , A-Rod could get released before the season is over. On the flip side, it took the Yankees four trades to overhaul their system with premier talent, with Clint Frazier (No. 1), Gleyber Torres (No. 2), Justus Sheffield (No. 7), Dillon Tate (No. 11) and Billy McKinney (No. 16) headlining the youth movement. Greg Bird is expected to take over from Mark Teixeira at first base next year after missing all of 2016 following shoulder surgery.

Ever since the Yankees acquired Rodriguez from Texas before the 2004 season, he has been the center of attention, whether winning his second and third AL MVP awards, admitting in 2009 he used performance-enhancing drugs, helping NY win the World Series later that year or serving a one-year drug-related suspension in 2014.

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“I know that the future of the organization is brighter than it was last week”, Rodriguez said. “But if not, I can accept it very clearly”.