ACCORDING TO JON HEYMAN, THE TRADE IS “A GO”. SEE BELOW FOR ALL OF THE UPDATES

Unless Austin Jackson could be used to get Roy Halladay, this is exactly the type of deal the Yanks should make, even if it’s now unlikely to happen:

The deal would send Curtis Granderson to the Yanks, along with a prospect or two from the D’Backs. Arizona would obtain Edwin Jackson from the Tigers and Ian Kennedy from the Yankees. The Tigers would obtain Max Scherzer from the’d'Backs and Austin Jackson, Phil Coke and Michael Dunn from the Yanks.

Hey, I love the idea of Austin Jackson patrolling CF for a decade in pinstripes. But what if he stalls? Gets hurt? Never advances? Of course, he could be the next Curtis Granderson, or more. This is the nature of prospects: We know what we don’t know. We don’t know what AJax is gonna be.

We know plenty about Granderson:

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