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A Phillies/Yankees SP trade seems unlikely

The Yankees got some bad news Tuesday: Starting pitcher Luis Severino needs and will undergo Tommy John surgery later this week. It’s a significant blow to their rotation, and dashes hopes that the team would get more out of Severino than the three starts he made in 2019 while dealing with other injuries. He remains under contract through at least 2022 with a pre-arbitration extension signed prior to last season.

Naturally, we get to wondering about possible trade activity. After all, the Phillies do have a large number of upper minors starting pitching candidates; almost more candidates, in fact, than combined jobs likely available between the Majors and Triple-A.