Yankees potential trade partner: Chicago White Sox

Somehow, we’re hardly a month out from the trade deadline, and we’re still trying to get a handle on who the buyers and sellers will be at the trade deadline. Barring a catastrophic next month, the Yankees, of course, will be buying, but the White Sox find themselves in a weird position. Their 34-47 record is the third-worst in the AL — sixth-worst in MLB — but the cesspool that is the AL Central has left them still just six games out of a playoff spot with three months and change to play.

With the division still just one red-hot streak away and a front office whose seats are hotter than they’ve ever been in their nearly 25-year tenure, the Sox will be under tremendous pressure to stand pat…