Cashman told reporters he is open to making a trade, but is more likely to stick with internal options. From Dan Martin of the New York Post:
"We're always open to outside help, no matter what time of year it happens to be,'' Cashman said. "But we also have internal options we can rely on. … It's always important to have depth, no doubt about that.''
Cashman and the Yankees did not name names when it came to their "internal options," though prospects Justus
Sheffield and Chance
Adams are in Triple-A, and fast-riser Jonathan
Loaisiga is sitting in Double-A. The Yankees were reportedly ready to call up Loaisiga, who has a 2.30 ERA and a 54/4 K/BB in 43 innings this season, to start a doubleheader last week before a rainout changed their pitching plans.
As for the trade market, the top names on the market are Texas Rangers lefty Cole
Hamels and San Diego Padres righty Tyson
Ross. Now that the amateur draft is over though, teams will now shift into trade deadline mode, and more non-contenders will get serious about making their players available. Others like Chris
Archer and Michael
Fulmer could become viable trade targets in the coming weeks.
For now, the Yankees say they will replace Tanaka internally, which is exactly what they did when Montgomery went down. Montgomery got hurt and German stepped into the rotation. The Yankees have a robust farm system and they've solved a lot of problems internally in recent years. There's no reason to think they'll behave differently this time around.
