With the trade deadline noise officially silenced, the Yankees find themselves with a crop of top prospects and a bright ray of hope for the future. Still, even after dealing three of their best players to bolster a now top-tier farm system, there were some who felt more pieces could have been moved, specifically Nathan Eovaldi, Michael Pineda, or Brian McCann.
The Yankees seemed to be working to move McCann during the meat of their deadline talks when news spread of a deal discussed between Brian Cashman and the Atlanta Braves, McCann’s former team who drafted and developed the Yankee catcher.