New York Yankees Trade Rumors: Edwin Jackson, Bartolo Colon could be options
By Josh Hill
The New York Yankees need starting pitching help, and that’s a search that has brought up just a few hits on a downsized trade market for starters, with just Brandon McCarthy from the Arizona Diamondbacks to show for thus far.
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All of that could change soon though as the Yankees may look to some cross-city help to find a starter that can make them the contenders they think they can be this summer.
According to CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman, the Yankees are trying to find starting pitching help in a depressed and depleted starters market, which may lead them to finding help with the New York Mets — as unlikely as that seems.
"Meantime, the Diamondbacks, a sometime trading partner of the Yankees, don’t seem interested in trading Wade Miley, a young, cost-efficient starter. Bartolo Colon, Kevin Correia and Edwin Jackson are some other available starters. The Mets and Yankees don’t often trade, so Colon seems improbable, while the Yankees don’t seem interested in Jackson, despite some speculation tying him to them."
It’s more likely that the Cubs and Yankees — who have a trade history — get together on a deal and move Edwin Jackson to the Big Apple but that’s not all that likely of a deal either. The bottom line is that the Yankees need starters, with four of their five Opening Day starters on the DL and asking the Mets for help would display just how desperate the Bombers are for starters.
Be sure to stay glued to FanSided’s MLB Rumors page to stay up to date with the latest action and rumbling from the baseball hot stove this trade season.