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The Yankees could learn something from the Astros’ deadline splash

Wednesday afternoon featured a frustrating sequence of events for much of Yankees Universe. Sure, the Bombers won a game, but the real attention was on Twitter, and the likes of Jeff Passan and Ken Rosenthal. Yankee fans hoped the game’s insiders would set the internet ablaze with news that New York had made a deal to solidify their pitching staff and secure their place as favorites to win the American League pennant.

Instead, Yankees fans waited...and waited...and waited, until finally, a bomb came from Rosenthal, though one that Yankees fans wish had never landed. It felt like a worst-case scenario, right after they learned that the Bombers hadn’t acquired any major-league talent before the 4 p.