The Rangers are looking for starting pitching and the Yankees have Sonny Gray, previous interest in Jurickson Profar and a short-term need at shortstop with Didi Gregorius expected to miss a minimum of two months of the 2019 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. But in part because Gray is a free agent after 2019 and Profar is two years away, the Rangers would need more to consider a deal. The Yankees do have multiple suitors for Gray.
Yusei Kikuchi is scheduled to come to the United States next week to take a physical and then will return to Japan with the expectation he will be posted in late November.