Nothing in this trade market favors the Yankees.
The Yankees knew the Mets would not trade them Noah Syndergaard and would ask for more from them than others for Zack Wheeler. But they didn’t anticipate the already thin high-end starting pitching market would reduce further with Marcus Stroman going to Queens rather than The Bronx.
Throw in that the Yankees just had the worst rotation week in their history, even before having to place CC Sabathia on the injured list.
All of this has motivated sellers to set high and, so far, mostly unwavering prices at a time when the Yankees farm system is on a low due to a combination of graduation of its best youngsters such as Gleyber Torres, injury and downturn in performance.