It was just over a year ago when general manager Brian Cashman was discussing the possibility of trading for a starting pitcher and he was asked if he might entertain offers for Gleyber Torres.
At the time, Torres was emerging as one of the Yankees’ top bats and beginning to live up to the lofty expectations the team had for him when it acquired him in the deal that sent Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs in 2017.
Cashman scoffed at the notion.
“On who?” Cashman said last June of listening to inquiries about Torres. “Come on now.