Just found this article and decided to share it....I know it's a pipe dream to land JD Martinez but what a line up it would make;
New York Yankees. The best way for Martinez to stick it to the Red Sox: sign with the Yankees! Sure, the Yankees already have a glut of outfielders. Sure, they’re trying to stay under the luxury tax. Let’s be clear here, however: The Yankees can afford to go past the $197 million luxury tax if they want. But they don’t have to.
Cot’s Contracts has their estimated payroll at around $162 million. Throw in about $10 million for benefits and other things that factor into the tax threshold and you are at $172 million. If Martinez needs a six-year, $150 million contract, that’s an AAV of $25 million, pushing the Yankees right up to that $197 million figure. So you need to make a deal: Jacoby Ellsbury makes $21 million each of the next three seasons and he’s the guy you want to trade, but that’s not going to happen unless the Yankees eat a large chunk of that salary. Even then, does anyone want Ellsbury at $30 million over three years? Probably not. So you have to trade Brett Gardner, making $11.5 million this season with a $12.5 million option for 2019. You can trade that contract.
Then we get this lineup:
SS Didi Gregorius
LF Aaron Judge
RF Giancarlo Stanton
DH J.D. Martinez
C Gary Sanchez
1B Greg Bird
CF Aaron Hicks
2B Gleyber Torres
3B Miguel Andujar
Here’s the other catch: Signing Martinez could actually save the Yankees money over the long haul since they wouldn’t have to sign
Manny Machado (as everyone seems inclined to believe they’ll do). Martinez gives you Machado’s bat for a lower AAV, and if Andujar is legit, they won’t need a third baseman anyway.
Plus, you get to make Red Sox fans cry and create one awesome Murderers’ Row of sluggers. Can you say 300 home runs?
Indeed an addition of JD (if even possible) would no doubt create a Murderer's Row lineup, wow ~!~
