The Yankees and everyone else in the world of baseball know that the Chicago White Sox have been lurking in the shadows and biding their time waiting to launch Fire Sale II. Their initial venture back in the late fall sent Chris Sale and Adam Eaton to the Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals in return for packages of highly touted prospects.
The next wave followed shortly after when the White Sox put a for sale tag on Jose Quintana, their prized and very competent starting pitcher. Quickly, Quintana became the next must-have flavor in your stable, and the Yankees were one of the many teams involved in discussing which of their best prospects could be sent to the gun-pointing White Sox.