Report: the Yankees are “livid” with the Mariners

Ken Rosenthal just tweeted something interesting:

Yankees livid with Mariners. Believed they had deal, then M’s took it to Rangers saying put Smoak in and Lee is yours . . . Rangers jumped. Adams’ ankle injury was excuse for M’s to back out. “You just don’t do business that way,” one Yankee official said.

Rowr!

Look, you never know what goes down in a deal. I’m going to guess that when the Mariners are reached for comment on this they’ll tell a different story. Depending on how things really went down -- the key factor is when, exactly, the M’s called the Rangers -- this could be an example of sketchy dealing (i.e. the Mariners backing out of a done deal) or it could simply be some good tough work on the part of the M’s front office in playing the Yankees and the Rangers off one another.

I’ll offer this much, though: even if the M’s treated the Yankees poorly, the Yankees grousing about it to reporters seems beneath them. Revenge is a dish best served cold, and the Yankees have any number of more private ways to mess with the Mariners later if they feel they were wronged today.