New York Yankees have 325 million reasons to be concerned about future

[ASFN Admin]

The New York Yankees acquired Giancarlo Stanton in a trade with the Miami Marlins prior to the start of the 2018 season and on paper, it appeared to be an incredible deal that would only make the Bronx Bombers more likely to hit home runs at Yankee Stadium and across baseball. However, Stanton played 158 games in 2018 and only 18 games in 2019 in what appears to be foreshadowing the future for both parties. The Yankees having to deal with an aging injury-prone slugger who routinely strikes out more than 140 times a year while paying him a monstrous contract.

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