Considering all of the questions about the New York Yankees' pitching staff right now, it says a lot about how highly they value Spencer Jones that he wasn't traded for a frontline starter during the offseason.
Per ESPN's Jorge Castillo, the Yankees "refused" to include Jones in their trade offers to the Chicago White Sox for Dylan Cease.
This comes after Jon Heyman of the New York Post and MLB Network previously reported Jones was believed to be the "key prospect" in talks between the Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers about Corbin Burnes.