It's a bizarre game of telephone, sure, but right now, it's all we have linking Paul Skenes to the New York Yankees in nebulous trade talks of the future. Given where we're at in the offseason, that's more than enough to dream on.
We at least know one thing, in the moment: Ben Cherington hates to see Randy Miller coming. Miller, who got everybody riled up on Tuesday night by being the first to indicate that Brian Cashman wouldn't be joining his fellow GMs in Las Vegas, reportedly approached Cherington with a quote attributed to an anonymous Pirate in an ambush.