Sellers

The New York Yankees were sellers at the trade deadline for the first time in almost 30 years.  Some guys didn't live up to the back of their baseball cards, so things had to happen because in all likelihood this team was not going to make a postseason run.  Over the weekend the Yankees traded away the likes of Aroldis Chapman followed by Andrew Miller and continued yesterday with Carlos Beltran and Ivan Nova.  Trading their best offensive player in Beltran might be an indication that the braintrust of this team, has all but lost hope of a major run this season.  This team had stared to play better since the all star break but that all came crashing down after the weekend series sweep at Tampa Bay.  Now that Major League caliber players are being shipped out for youngsters, it's the start of a rebuild.  The Steinbrenner sons are showing that they are not like their father.  With Judge, Sanchez, Mateo, Torres, Sheffield and Frazier amongst many more prospects now in the Yankee system they're setting themselves up for feature runs.  Now a couple sentences on Alex Rodriguez who is now a part time DH and taking up a roster spot that could be used for one of the kids.  A-Rod is down in every offensive category this year and is dragging this team down with him.  He used to be the type of player who could put the team on his back and carry them for a couple months but no more.  The Yankees should just cut their losses and sooner rather then later, I think do it after the game tonight and grant him his release.