With the Yankees in last place in the AL East despite a decent 55-51 record, their path forward remains somewhat murky with less than four hours to go before the trade deadline. Joel Sherman of the New York Post indicates that the club could look to both buy and sell, searching for long-term controllable pieces in areas of need while fielding offers on the pending free agents on their roster.
Several of the club’s pending free agents, including Luis Severino and Isiah Kiner-Falefa, have had difficult seasons in 2023, but could nonetheless draw interest as low-cost, depth additions from other clubs. Lefty Wandy Peralta, who has a 2.29 ERA in 47 appearances out of New York’s bullpen this year, and center fielder Harrison Bader have both fared better in their walk years, with Bader in particular drawing interest per the New York Post’s Jon Heyman. Sherman more specifically notes that the Yankees and Phillies have discussed Bader, though there is “limited traction” on a deal between the sides.
Sherman adds that the Yankees have discussed closer Clay Holmes in trade talks, despite Holmes being controllable through the 2024 campaign. That being said, Sherman noted that the asking price for Holmes is exorbitant, rendering a deal regarding the club’s closer unlikely. The Athletic’s Brendan Kuty adds to that doubt, noting that it’s “highly unlikely” the club parts with either Holmes or fellow leverage reliever Michael King.
As far as buying goes, the club has been frequently connected to Cardinals outfielder Dylan Carlson in the days and weeks leading up to the deadline, and those connections haven’t stopped today. Kuty, Sherman, Chris Kirschner of The Athletic, and MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand have are among those who have linked the Yankees and Carlson recently. That being said, Heyman cautions that the Cardinals are unlikely to deal Carlson unless they get a young MLB starter in return. That’s a price the Yankees could pay if they so chose, with youngsters Clarke Schmidt and Jhony Brito currently occupying spots in the club’s starting rotation.
As Feinsand notes, that Carlson’s ability to play quality defense in center field could be of particular value given Bader’s status as a pending free agent. Carlson could take over for Bader in center immediately in the event of a trade before the deadline, or play left field for the remainder of the 2023 campaign and shift over to center in the event Bader departs via free agency this offseason.
I could see Rangers kicking there tires on Bader. Maybe move Tavares to LF?
In case you missed it, MLB rule 6.03 section (a) strictly prohibits anyone from playing centerfield for the NYY unless they have previously played said position for the St. Louis Cardinals. Welcome aboard Dylan! Ahahaha!
Yes please no more garbage from the Cardinals! Let’s Go Cubies!
What’s a Cubie? A square head? You must mean Cubbie. Oh, same thing. You were right all along.
It’s a team you can’t beat.
Cubbies always gonna be looking up at us. More wins at Wrigley than any other visitor in the history of the ballpark.
Now the Astros have obtained Verlander again. While we sit Pat. We are championship caliber already. The rest of the league is passing us by, and cashman is twiddling his thumbs
The Yankees approach? Seems more like a retreat & see ya’ll next year after we count our billions & figure how to waste them (like the Mets)
Cashman is trying to coax big sexy out of retirement.
Deadline Reproach
IKF hasn’t been that bad by IKF standards, I wouldn’t call this a tough season
The fact that he is one of our best players, says a lot about how bad the rest of the team is.
Very surprised NYY seem stuck in this tweener situation. Yes it’s unfamiliar as they typically play October baseball but like their pals in Queens, it ain’t their year
Last place approach
Typical NYY. Overvalue prospects but never play them and have them fizzle out. Reason why NYY has gotten the lowest WAR out of their prospects since 2000, and that includes Judges WAR
I still laugh at Clint Frazier missing half of a flyball that one time so they sent him to Scranton and benched him while spending the next 2 years scrambling for a LF
@DizzyBat- Yup, you would definitely laugh at a guy having a concussion. What a guy!
The Yankees have done some stupid things regarding prospects, I agree. Frazier is a different story though. Beyond just being immature, he had concussion issues that he kept hidden from the team and just didn’t play well. He didn’t deserve a callup. I think his play since leaving NY proves it.
” He was immature, so instead of LF production when Brett Gardner wasn’t around, we let Stanton wear a glove and ran out some nobodies.”
At least the nobodies were mature and didn’t have a mullet when they weren’t Yankees.
Being immature doesn’t keep him from getting called up. Being immature keeps him from letting the team know what’s going on with his health and the team dumping him because they didn’t know he needed help with his concussion.
Any left field issues are unrelated to Jackson Frazier.
That’s interesting. Where do you find that information? Baseball Reference?
The Yankee approach should be to give up on this season because they have 10-15 holes to fill on their team and they are chasing the whole division.
Just worry about your Angels, and you’re and they’re delusional that they will actually contend!
He’s not wrong. Move anything that isn’t nailed down by a weighted contract. You’re also doing a great job here attempting to polarize every non-Yankee fans.
Mariners fan, not Angels, but I would expect a Yankee fan to be illiterate!
At least you got Middleton! Go get that ring!
@Little Stevie- Nah keep dreaming pal!
No thanks, not wanting your garbage, you can keep Flaherty too!
Then quit making us offers!!
Yes they can keep Carlson….doesn’t move the needle North to the playoffs
No little SON, you’re just pist because the Cubs have OWNED you this season! Get used to it! Keep your garbage!
Little Stevie- looks like you’ve signed up for the grow up plan.
Then quit losing to the Cubs!!
The Cardinals are in a position to have a shot at the first overall pick for the first time in their existence and their first top ten pick since JD Drew in 1998. Bring on the losing, all it does is help them for the future.
I don’t know who Carlson is. Never heard of him. But he seems to be doing a great job leading the Cardinals to a losing record.
I really doubt it will last past this season. But it’s very good for their fans to celebrate this fact instead of looking forward to being relevant in October.
You are incorrect. Aside from statistics and numbers, I could give you a nice list of players from the Yanks that I’d take in a heartbeat for DC straight-up.
Nah pass on that list, thanks anyway!
One word approach, NONE!
Yankees Deadline Approach – Please take our garbage!
Same as always. take our garbage, but give us something good, and pay for that something that you gave us also.
and give us your stars in return because, you know, we’re the Yankees
No one should help the Yankees
Yankees need to trade Cashman and Boone. that the trade Yankees need
This is a total embarrassment on the GM and all the front office. The Yankees… the Yankees can’t make a deal at the deadline. It’s shameful
They should be listening on nearly everyone right now with the emphasis on dumping bad salaries with prospects attached……while also trying to acquire young, controllable, preferably lefty hitting bats.
If you look at the free agent list for next year, there are several impact arms, but few bats to make a difference. Trade from strength right now and help fix this atrocious offense.
If they CAN clear some roster spots, let see what kids like Chapparo, Peraza, Wells & Pereira can do playing a LOT for the rest of the year.
Yankees should dump their whole team, including Judge and Cole and rebuild a sustainable contender. Team is terrible and it doesn’t look good for the coming years.
As long as Cashman is in charge, nothing will change, he would screw that up too.
Yankees should package German, cordero and Clayton beeter for some real hitters
I’m sure teams will be lining up to do that.
Yes I’ll bet they will.
Give us Schmidt, Clayton, and Vasquez. You can take Dylan and Edman. That’s a lot of control over some solid offense that has a TON of defensive versatility. With a potential for a lot more offense out of Dylan and Edman from the left side..
Do nothing for 5 years and get out from under the stupid contracts. Be the Angels with a great player but nothing to show for it. The team was built poorly. We are about to see the 80’s Yankees again.
I don’t even blame Cash. Stanton, Rizzo, and DJ have sucked and who saw that coming?
Completely correct. Stanton was acquired after an MVP season, DJ signed a new deal after leading the league in hitting, and Rizzo had over 30 dingers last year. The player acquisition part makes sense on all three. All three being awful is on them.
I would not trade anything good for Carlson. Brito, yes. Schmidt? Nope.
I agree. Schmidt is our second best pitcher. Granted, it’s a low bar, since we have Severino and German on the roster also.
The Yankees have missed on every single player that has been made available on the block this season. They were in on a few of the pitchers and failed to move on anything. At this rate with how poorly they have played, they should honestly just “retool” by trading some of their folks on expiring contracts for whatever they can get.
I love Bader and would like to see him remain a Yankee, but if trading him helps the future, get it done. Then try to bring him back in FA.
What pitchers were they in on? And how would said pitchers make a difference? It’s the hitting that has failed them all season long.
Things have been p quiet. Maybe the only moves the Yanks make are the “additions” of Judge, Nestor, Greg Allen. Yikes
Carlson? He’s not going to help…ever. NYY might as well keep what we have, which is garbage.
That’s cashmans style though, garbage in garbage out
“Latest on Yankees Deadline Approach” is almost optimistic….it assumes the Yankees have an approach.
You made me laugh
Carlson for Holmes. Get’r done
Not happening. Keep Carlson, you’re not getting Holmes
Trade judge to the angels
This Yankees team is definitely just one league-average outfielder away from being championship caliber.
Yankees should be selling — that is a seriously flawed team. This coming from a Red Sox fan who knows what a seriously flawed team looks like.
You are correct
The “latest” implies that there was something earlier. I’ve never seen in this quiet in Yankeeland. Well, at least they aren’t the Mets.
They’ll do something to dip under $293MM bc there is absolutely no reason not to.
I think the Cashman thinks the trade deadline is next week.
that’s why he was dragging his feet until any help was already gone.
Yankees should be in full sell mode like the Mets but incompetent Cashman can’t even figure that out despite being in last place in the division and being the architect of this current train wreck of a roster who can’t even produce on the field (when healthy lol).
Nothing to worry about though, the most overrated GM in baseball had his contract extended by the clown owner (who refuses to fire him despite being the catalyst for this dumpster fire team) and will be back next year.
Also, I still can’t believe Cashman used the hitting coach as a scapegoat and fired Dillon Lawson when in reality Cashman should have been fired.
And the best part about firing Lawson is their hitting has gotten even worse since.
No accountability in that organization for upper management. The Hal Steinbrenner way.
3:51 back East here and Cashman watches everyone else making moves while he sits and waits………kind of like Nero fiddling while Rome burned…….
Cashman should be selling if anything but all I hear is crickets.
I don’t know about any of you but I really hate the balanced schedule. Really wish they gave divisions more precedence for facing each other. The AL Central gets beaten up way too easily and it’s sad to know one of those teams will get in over a wild card team who has a better record.
As of 4pm EDT, the Yankees are the only team that hasn’t made a trade at this year’s deadline
are my methods insane willard?
i don’t see any method at all, sir
What approach, they’ve done absolutely nothing. And it’s just about over. It doesn’t matter, they are championship caliber