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For baseball fans -- particularly those whose teams have a legitimate shot at making the postseason -- the Trade Deadline can feel a lot like a holiday, the day you find out what the baseball gods have given you. This year, Ryan McMahon was one of those proverbial presents under the tree.

The Yankees’ new third baseman was drafted by Colorado in 2013 and debuted four years later. He signed a six-year deal with the team prior to the 2022 season and was building a life in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. And sure, he heard the whispers, picked up on the rumblings, understood that the 2025 Rockies weren’t going to be adding big-time players at the Trade Deadline. Still, when you show up to the office one day and are told that you will now be working a

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