Michael Kay rails against fans that want Yankees to ‘rebuild' at trade deadline
Kay, on his ESPN radio show, railed Monday against the notion that the Bronx Bombers should do anything but go for it at the July 31 trade deadline after reaching their first World Series since 2009 last season.
Michael Kay didn't want to hear call from Yankees fans for the team to rebuild.
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'What are you trading? What are you rebuilding for? You're three games out of first place,' Kay said. 'So you think that's what happened over the last week is indicative of how they're going to be for the rest of the year? I don't see that. I don't see it. There are moves to be made. Brian Cashman does make moves at the trade deadline. He got Jazz Chisholm Jr. last year. And what did that do? That ignited them, and they got to the World Series.'
The Yankees have lost 16 of their past 23 games, including two of three to the Mets in the second half of the Subway Series over Fourth of July weekend at Citi Field.
They sit three games behind the first-plus Blue Jays, who swept them in Toronto last week.
Boone's club, thanks to some stellar defense, was able to take the finale on Sunday against the Mets and head into a home series with Cal Raleigh and the Mariners beginning Tuesday.
Aaron Judge of the Yankees celebrates with Cody Bellinger after he scores on his two-run homer in the fifth inning at Citi Field, Sunday, July 6, 2025.
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The team has a long list of needs heading to the trade deadline that includes help for the starting rotation and the infield.
Kay, who also got into a tiff this week with Toronto Sportsnet host Jamie Campbell over an on-air jab, doesn't believe that means fans should be calling on the Yankees to punt on the season.
'And I love, by the way, Yankees fans that say, 'They should rebuild.' 'They should reload.' Really? You couldn't take losing in the World Series,' Kay said. 'You went to the World Series last year, and now you've had a bad three-week stretch, and you want the manager and GM fired. And you want to reload? And you're going to be able to handle that? You can't handle losing in the World Series!'
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