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Manny Bañuelos – an ace who never was for the Yankees – is the root of two HUGE Trade Trees. Here’s how…
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Bañuelos was MLB Pipeline’s No. 2 ranked left-hander, but his path was waylaid by Tommy John surgery. In 2015, NY traded him to Atlanta for relievers David Carpenter and Chasen Shreve
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We’ll get back to Shreve – but first, the Yanks traded Carpenter to Washington just 6 months later for utilityman Tony Renda
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NY then packaged Renda and prospects Eric Jagielo, Caleb Cotham & Rookie Davis to Cincinnati. The return? Fireballing closer Aroldis Chapman
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At the 2016 Trade Deadline, the Cubs swapped a package of relievers and prospects to acquire Chapman, the closer of their curse-busting World Series squad. One of the prospects who came back to the Bronx? Gleyber Torres
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Torres is a 2-time All-Star, but he isn’t the only superstar trade that stemmed from Bañuelos. Remember Shreve? In 2018, the Yanks traded he and Giovanny Gallegos to the Cardinals for young slugger Luke Voit
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In 2020, Voit led the Majors with 22 homers in only 56 games. But injuries dampened his next campaign, and the Yanks dealt him to the Padres prior to ‘22 for Minor Leaguer Justin Lange
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Voit gave the Padres a potent power trade chip, and in August ‘22, they cashed in. San Diego packaged Voit with 5 top prospects and sent them to Washington in exchange for the “Childish Bambino” Juan Soto
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Soto and Torres are both in their 20s and could still dominate for years to come. But their disparate paths share one connection: A prized Yankees prospect from yesteryear