This trade will help us on the periphery (did I spell/use that word correctly??)  LOL.

Willi Castro has shown the importance of speed.

The Angels are now keeping Ohtani and will be buyers (and will need pitching)

The Yankees need an upgrade at 3B!!

What ties these three things together?   Well a creative trade of course!!!

YANKEES GET: Anthony Rendon from the Angels

ANGELS GET: Josh Donaldson from the Yankees, Kyle Farmer and a starting pitcher.  maybe Dallas Kuchle? Maeda pitching too well to be the one to go, but maybe if we get even better value than this trade proposal then include him.

Twins GET:  Jordyn Adams from the Angels (Angels #25 prospect) and Luis Gil from the Yankees (Yanks #14 prospect).  Plus a PTBNL from each team. If the Yankees reach the playoffs this year then we get Roderick Arias, if they dont, then we get some high risk high upside single A pitcher.  and same with the Angels. we get a PTBNL based on if they make the playoffs.

WHY THIS WORKS...

FOR YANKEES: Rendon would a significant upgrade for the Yankees struggling offense, and lock in 3B for the next few years (assuming he would waive NT to go to Yankees). They really do not have much in the pipeline for the hot corner.  Trey Sweeney is by default the best option in the minors, and that is nto saying much.  The cost of this swap for this year for the Yankees is mitigated by being able to move off of Donaldson's  deal.

FOR THE ANGELS: This is a combo improve now and increase odds of retaining Ohtani move.  Who would you rather have on your roster? Rendon or Otani? by clearing Rendon's  $38M over the next 3 years, that makes a $50M Ohtani deal VERY affordable. Kyle Farmer is a quality 3B replacement this year,  This is an absolute no brainer for the Angels.  and maybe we incldue Trevor Larnach if Angels include Jo Adell, this would give Angels another healthy OF with potential, and we get a RH outfielder. The Angles can just DFA Donaldson and still save money, and use Farmer as the repalcement 3B. But again this move is 99.99% focused on putting the Angels in position to retain Ohtani after this year. they can immediately after this deal give Ohtani a 10 year $500M contract... AND AFFORD IT

FOR THE TWINS: Assuming we stay with the base deal, the Twins will be giving up very lttle. If we move Kuechle, that has zero impact. If we give up a differnt starter (not sure who) then Kuechle COULD be a good replacement if his rehab is for real. Giving up Farmer would have little overall impact because we will have a glut of players coming back soon.  Polanco, Gordon, Lewis.  and Julien and Castro are going nowhere, so what do you do??? little impact going out, and while not a TON of impact coming back in, this is the "around the edges" move the Twins FO has been talking about.  We get Adams with his electric speed. he can back up CF, or play primary CF down the stretch.  this also gives us flexibility/protection for CF next year. would be a great pinch runner down the stretch and into the playoffs.  Luis Gil, more than likely will not be back from TJ this year,  If he can come back still this year, he could be a good bullpen arm  that we need down the stretch, and into the future.  This deal gives us some upgrades without touching anything of importance.  Gies us upgrades, plus a couple younger, cheaper future pieces.

As I mentioned at the start, Castro has shown the impact of speed, if we get Adams, and DFA Gallo (or try and include him in the deal to the Angels for THEM to deal with)  and have Adams in CF, Castro in LF/utility, and when Lewis gets back that is 3 players who are a threat to steal on any pitch.