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Yankees & Mets Make First Moves of Trade Deadline Period

 With a little over a week to go before the trade deadline, the Yankees and Mets finally put their big toes into the water. 

The Yankees came away with the third baseman they desperately needed, but not the one a lot of Yankees' fans wanted. The Yanks sent a pair of prospects to the Colorado Rockies for Ryan McMahon, a 30-year old third baseman who is under contract for 2 more years through 2027. 

Ryan McMahon of the Rockies. Getty Images.

McMahon is not exactly have a stellar campaign in Colorado. He is hitting only .217 with 16 homers and 35 RBI, but he is a fairly good fielder.  McMahon has only six errors to his name at third this season. 

The Yankees were getting nothing out of the position. They released veteran D.J. LeMahieu a couple weeks ago, and Oswald Peraza (.141 average) has been dreadful at third.  Adding McMahon at least answers some questions. 

The Yankees didn't get Eugenio Suarez, whom many fans wanted. Suarez has 36 homers this year with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The problem is Suarez is 34 years old, and is a free agent at the end of the year. And who knows what Arizona might be asking teams in return. If it's too much, it would explain why a team like the Yanks might pass. 

As for the Metroplitans, they acquired reliever Gregory Soto (no relation to Juan Soto) from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for prospects. Soto, a lefty, owns a 3.96 ERA this year. He has been decent. He's also been well traveled, having pitched for Detroit and Philadelphia as well in his career. 

At the very least he's another arm in an overtaxed bullpen for Carlos Mendoza. It's something, but it's not the finishing touch move that the Mets need out of the pen. Someone like Minnesota's Jhoan Duran would be a huge piece if the Mets were able to swing that deal. 

So it's a step in the right direction for both teams, but not a finishing move here.

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