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The return of Masahiro Tanaka might be vital to the Yankees

The Yankees’ rotation has been in flux recently. Jordan Montgomery is on the shelf for the season, youngsters Domingo German and Jonathan Loaisiga have alternately impressed and frustrated, and Sonny Gray is in full meltdown mode. The pressure on general manager Brian Cashman to make a deal to reinforce the pitching staff is mounting.

The problem isn’t that the Yankees don’t have pieces to deal. The problem lies in finding an arm worth dealing for. There are interesting names on the trade market, but not many with elite talent, outside of the arms currently located in Queens.