
Most teams can only dream of trading for a hitter as talented as Juan Soto. Most teams will never acquire a player on the inside track to Cooperstown, who may not have entered his prime yet. The Yankees aren’t most teams. They’ve had the good fortune — the wealth, as well as more championships than any American sports team — to travel that route many times. The need for Soto — a left-handed power hitter with unparalleled plate discipline and the highest on-base percentage (.421) of all active players —...