There were plenty of high profile deals at the MLB trade deadline earlier this summer. Big names like Manny Machado, Cole Hamels and Zach Britton were moved and have helped their new clubs out. But sometimes it’s the smaller, less-noticed deals that can pay the biggest dividends as the Major League Baseball season turns from the end of the regular season to the start of the playoffs. The weekly Baseball Swarm – coming off an 11-4 record on Tuesday – has to be cognizant of how those smaller deals can enrich a team heading into the postseason.
One deal that zoomed under the radar at the deadline was the Yankees acquisition of a bulky, non-prospect farmhand from St. Louis, Luke Voit. Since donning the pinstripes, Voit has transformed into an emerging star and Yankee hero, with 10 home runs and 22 RBI in just 30 games. Voit’s homered three times in the last two games, and he’ll try to stay hot when the Bronx Bombers take on Baltimore tonight.
Even with the Yankees – officially locked into a wild card now – likely to start rationing playing time heading into the playoffs, the swarm clearly believes that in a matchup of organization depth they’ll still handle Baltimore. The magnets in the replay form a rapid consensus, and the swarm would add a degree of conviction to that forecast by making this their pick of the night.
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