Acquiring a player that has a specific team on his no-trade list isn’t unheard of. Many times, the trade candidate will use it to rework his contract — adding extra years and dollars to accommodate a move to a city that he perhaps never envisioned pitching in. Mike Minor to the Yankees could fit that bill.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic recently wrote that general manager Brian Cashman has kept a keen eye on Minor, dispersing Tim Naehring to watch him pitch last Friday versus the Astros.
Against the ‘Stros (a club the Yanks could potentially face in October), Minor wasn’t great but still pitched seven innings, allowing four runs (all home runs) on seven hits while walking one and striking out 10.