What is the deal with the Yankees, Fernando Tatis Jr., and the flight to New York?

December 21, 2022

The New York Yankees will not trade for Fernando Tatis Jr., who will arrive in New York from the Dominican Republic on Tuesday.

The Yankees are not interested in trading for Fernando Tatis Jr.

Yankees trade Fernando Tatis Jr.

They have high hopes for both Oswald Peraza and Anthony Volpe. Those two prospects are the reason they ignored mega-commitments for the likes of Xander Bogaerts, Corey Seager and Trea Turner.

Why would they ignore the market before absorbing a long-term Tatis Jr. contract they didn’t even agree to?

So, why did Yankees beat writer Bryan Hoch weigh in on this thread, comparing Tatis Jr.’s status as an asset to Aroldis Chapman’s, just before Brian Cashman traded for the closer?

A trade for Fernando Tatis Jr. by the Yankees would be “buy low” like Aroldis Chapman?

Yankees fans, who are desperate for anything, were only given about 20% of what they wanted when Hoch’s cryptic message was delivered.

In recent weeks, FanSided’s MLB insider Robert Murray, as well as every tea leaf in San Diego’s Big Book of Tea Leaves, have issued emphatic denials regarding Tatis Jr.’s availability. They intend to go for it.

With Manny Machado opting out the following offseason, their timetable isn’t indefinite. Logic dictates that they would not release a 45-homer shortstop, especially at their lowest point.

However, Aaron Judge’s re-introduction press conference is scheduled for Wednesday in the Bronx. Tatis Jr. is on his way to New York to see “The Music Man” on Broadway for the holidays, and his timeline just so happens to coincide with that special day.

And Hoch had to know what he was doing by directly comparing Chapman’s situation to Tatis Jr.’s without any sort of rebuttal attached to the tweet.

The New York Yankees are not interested in trading for Fernando Tatis Jr., but for the first time ever, a number of factors came together on Tuesday to make it appear as if they might.