2025 MLB Trade Tracker, Grades: Yankees Finally Get 3B Help In McMahon

You see your favorite MLB team make a trade, but now what? Is it a much-needed gamble for the playoffs, or a move for the future?

FOX Sports MLB reporters Rowan Kavner and Deesha Thosar will be grading the biggest trades in the league through the July 31 trade deadline. Here's how every team has done so far:

Brewers acquire C Danny Jansen

Key Stats
Rosario: .206/.315/.394, 11 HR, 28 R, 29 RBI

Who else is involved: The Rays receive minor league infielder Jadher Areinamo and cash considerations

Tigers acquire RHP Chris Paddack

Key Stats
Rosario: 4.95 ERA / 1.28 WHIP, 83 K, 0 SV

Who else is involved: Detroit receives RHP Chris Paddack and RHP Randy Dobnak

Yankees add utilityman Amed Rosario 

Key Stats
Rosario: .270/.310/.426, 5 HR, 19 R, 18 RBI

Who else is involved: The Nationals add pitcher Clayton Beeter and minor league Browm Martinez

Yankees acquire 3B Ryan McMahon

Key Stats
McMahon:.218/.313/.398, 15 HR, 39 R, 32 RBI

Who else is involved: The Rockies received pitching prospects Griffin Herring and Josh Grosz

Yankees: B+
Rockies: B-

There was arguably no greater need for a contender than third base for the Yankees, and they found their long-term answer at the position in Ryan McMahon, who is under contract through 2027. Though McMahon (92 OPS+) is hitting slightly below league average this year — and has throughout his career, even while playing in Colorado — he still represents a considerable upgrade over the tandem of Jorbit Vivas (48 OPS+) and Oswald Peraza (25 OPS+) while also offering plus defense at the hot corner and some positional flexibility. It's a match I thought made sense earlier this week.

McMahon isn't close to the offensive force of Eugenio Suárez, the other top third baseman on the market,