The New York Yankees had their eye on pitching Monday, and they delivered with multiple moves.
First, New York announced it landed relief pitcher Scott Effross in a deal with the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs received pitcher Hayden Wesneski in the deal, and he is already eighth on the rebuilding team's prospect list on the MLB.com rankings.
Jack Curry of YES Network then reported that the Oakland Athletics traded starting pitcher Frankie Montas and relief pitcher Lou Trivino to the Yankees for minor league pitchers JP Sears, Ken Waldichuk and Luis Medina and second baseman Cooper Bowman.