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Report: Yankees pivoted to White Sox with asking prices for SPs too high

Kelley L Cox / Reuters

The New York Yankees are not going to overpay for a starting pitcher.

When asking prices for starters became too steep, the Yankees apparently shifted their focus to the Chicago White Sox, according to Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal. It resulted in the deal that netted the Bronx Bombers Todd Frazier, David Robertson, and Tommy Kahnle on Tuesday night.

The Yankees haven't thrown in the towel on adding starting pitching at the trade deadline. Rosenthal added that they are considering rental pieces as well as players with multiple years of team control remaining on their contracts.

General manager Brian Cashman recently said the Yankees were going to be "careful buyers," so if teams are hoping to fleece them in exchange for pitching depth, they may want to think again.

While Robertson and Kahnle definitely do provide a needed boost to the bullpen, the starting rotation needs some work, especially with Michael Pineda undergoing Tommy John surgery this week. Even still, the Yankees rank ninth in baseball with a 4.18 ERA among their starters, and that's with Masahiro Tanaka being wildly inconsistent.

So far, Cashman hasn't bent to the whims of desperation, but another trade is not off the table.

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