Yankees general manager Brian Cashman made it clear that he hoped to add two top-of-the-rotation arms to the team’s staff this winter. He’s halfway to his goal, having brought left-hander James Paxton into the fold via trade with Seattle.
Cashman had been targeting Patrick Corbin to be the Yankees’ second acquisition, even going so far as to take the New York native and his wife out to dinner when he visited the team last week as part of his search for a new place to hang his hat. That quest ended when Corbin signed with Washington, and with Nathan Eovaldi re-signing with Boston a couple of days later, the free agent starting pitching ranks are dwindling.