{"id":47657,"date":"2025-04-11T14:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=47657"},"modified":"2025-04-11T14:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:09:09","slug":"trade-pitch-sees-yankees-acquiring-arenado-2-others-in-6-player-massive-blockbuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=47657","title":{"rendered":"Trade Pitch Sees Yankees Acquiring Arenado, 2 Others in 6-Player Massive Blockbuster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207532061-e1744374801327.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207532061-e1744374801327.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207532061-e1744374801327.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207532061-e1744374801327.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Trade Pitch Sees Yankees Acquiring Arenado, 2 Others in 6-Player Massive Blockbuster\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Trade pitch has Yankees acquiring Nolan Arenado in blockbuster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees could still use a third baseman and add pitching, and one trade pitch would solve that in a six-player blockbuster deal.<\/p>\n<p>MLB analyst Zach Pressnell of Newsweek proposed a deal that would see the Yankees acquire Nolan Arenado and two others in a blockbuster deal with the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yankees acquire:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nolan Arenado<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Helsley<\/li>\n<li>Miles Mikolas<\/li>\n<li>$25 million cash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cardinals acquire:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bryce Cunningham<\/li>\n<li>Roderick Arias<\/li>\n<li>Cam Schittler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The proposed deal would be a blockbuster as the Yankees would acquire three very good MLB players and would get cash for the amount of money they would be taking on. St. Louis, meanwhile, would appear to go full-in on a rebuild with this trade.<\/p>\n<p>Arenado had been linked to the Yankees all offseason. The star third baseman has three years left \u2013 including this season \u2013 on his eight-year, $260 million deal. Arenado would be a star fielder and would give the Yankees another middle-of-the-order bat.<\/p>\n<p>Helsley, meanwhile, would be a late-inning reliever for the Yankees and further bolster the bullpen. He\u2019s a UFA at the end of the season. To begin the season, he\u2019s 1-for-2 on saves with a 3.60 ERA in 5 games. Mikolas, meanwhile, would add much-needed starting pitching depth to the Yankees, who have been plagued by injuries. He would be a good fourth or fifth starter.<\/p>\n<p>In return, the Yankees would trade Cunningham, who\u2019s their fifth-ranked prospect. The right-hander was drafted in the second round of the 2024 MLB draft.<\/p>\n<p>Arias, meanwhile, is their seventh-ranked prospect and is a middle infielder. He projects to reach the majors in 2027 and would add some much-needed depth to the Cardinals system.<\/p>\n<p>The final player dealt to St. Louis is Schittler, who\u2019s the Yankees\u2019 11th-ranked prospect. The right-handed pitcher is in AA.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Analyst Explains Yankees-Cardinals Blockbuster<\/h2>\n<p>The proposed deal by Pressnell would be a blockbuster and one that does make sense for both teams.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis has hinted at trying to rebuild while the Yankees are all-in on winning with this core. He also believes New York could simply release Mikolas, depending on their pitching depth at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis trade is a bit more complicated. If the Yankees can convince St. Louis Cardinals infielder Nolan Arenado to clear a trade to the Bronx, he would be the ideal third base solution. Adding Ryan Helsley to the trade would be huge for New York. The Yankees have seen some early-season struggles from offseason addition Devin Williams,\u201d Pressnell wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelsley would be the main reason this trade is so expensive for New York, but the Yankees would also land Miles Mikolas as a salary dump for St. Louis. The Yankees would release Mikolas in this scenario, with the $25 million being used to help pay for Mikolas\u2019 and Arenado\u2019s contracts,\u201d Pressnell added.<\/p>\n<p>Adding Arenado and Helsley to the Yankees\u2019 roster would only make New York that much more of a World Series contender.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Yankees GM Happy With Team\u2019s Start<\/h2>\n<p>New York entered the season as one of the favorites in the AL to make the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>To begin the season, the Yankees are 7-5 and atop the AL East, which has general manager Brian Cashman pleased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, we are finding our way. We have a lot of talent, and we\u2019ll see how it measures up with the season underway,\u201d Cashman said to MLB.com. \u201cWe have some injuries we have to overcome like everybody else. We\u2019re starting to see the emergence of some of our young core players like Ben Rice, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe, and Jasson Dom\u00ednguez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClarke Schmidt is coming back from injury. Will Warren has taken a turn in the rotation. These young guys are being asked to contribute significantly and allow us to excel. They are doing a great job, so far, getting out of the gate and I\u2019m looking forward to seeing where this takes us,\u201d Cashman added.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees have the second-best odds of winning the World Series at +900.<\/p>\n<p>Cole Shelton Cole Shelton covers the NHL and MLB for Heavy.com. He has covered pro and college sports since 2016, including bylines at BJ Penn, USA Today, SB Nation, Rotowire, Canadian Baseball Network and more. 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