With Jose Quintana now in the north side of Chicago, the Oakland Athletics’ Sonny Gray is the top available starting pitching asset on the market. Despite that, the team is exhausting every potential avenue of interest with their most recent scouting taking place down on the Yankees’ farm.
According to MLB Network’s Ken Rosenthal, the A’s top scout recently attended a game at the Single-A Charleston River Dogs. Rosenthal added that the Yankees were “deep” into talks with the White Sox about their lefty Quintana before Chicago got away with larceny by nabbing four prospects from the cross-town Chicago Cubs.