Just months after shipping him in a blockbuster trade deadline deal to the Chicago Cubs for four players including top 10 prospect Gleyber Torres and former Yankees pitcher Adam Warren, the Yankees resigned superstar closer Aroldis Chapman to a huge deal.

The deal is worth $86 million over the course of 5 years, good for $17.2 million for each season. This shatters the reliever contracts that Jonathan Papelbon signed with the Phillies a few years ago (4 years, $50 million) and the deal that Mark Melancon received from the Giants (4 years, $62 million) earlier this offseason.

This turn of events worked out magnificently for the Yankees, as in theory they received the coveted prospects and a great relief pitcher in Adam Warren from the deal with the Cubs for the lesser known prospects they dealed to the Cincinnati Reds to get Chapman in the first place. All of this, and they still have Aroldis Chapman on their roster.

Cassandra Lee, a junior, commented, “Chapman is an outstanding player, and it was a great move by the Yankees to get players for him and also sign him again during the offseason.”

Many agree that the trade to the Cubs was executed magnificently by Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman. Cashman was smart enough to deal Chapman’s expiring contract to a World Series contender that was desperate for a closer like the Cubs while knowing he could potentially sign him again in the offseason. Cashman surely pulled one of the better baseball moves in acquiring Chapman while his value was low, flipping him for great young players, and getting Chapman back at the end of the day. Chapman will resume his role of closer for the Yankees as lights out reliever Dellin Betances moves back to his eighth inning role that he thrives in.