They're going to have even more money coming off after 2018. Plus, they will likely be under the luxury tax threshold.
Again, if the Yankees want, they can have Machado and Harper, no problem. This idea that somehow trading peanuts for Stanton takes them out of the running for Harper is just naiveté by Nationals fans who are deluding themselves into thinking that they have a shot at signing Harper long term.
IDK man. Machado, Harper, Stanton would all be 25 million+ players. Then Judge, Bird, Gregorius, Severino, and anyone else will need bigger contracts. Tanaka is a 20 million+ guy. I don't see it, it's not efficient, which is Hal's whole MO.
