According to a report from Ken Rosenthal, that was not a price tag the New York Yankees were willing to meet for the A’s closer. He writes, "The Yankees were unwilling to satisfy the A’s request for a package headed by either shortstop George Lombard Jr.

Morosi thinks that the addition of Fermin is a difference maker, and it's his favorite deal that A.J. Preller made at the deadline. It's not the Mason Miller blockbuster, which brought one of the most electric closers to San Diego. It's the trade for Fermin.