Ironically, moments after Yankees general manager Brian Cashman proclaimed that the organization would initially look within to replace Luis Severino, who is lost for the season following Tommy John surgery, trade rumors for Robbie Ray began to make the rounds.
While Cashman has been known to use smoke and mirrors, he’s correct in his assessment that because it’s so early in the season, that the trade market has yet to begin to take shape.
However, this isn’t the first time the Yankees have been linked with the 28-year-old left-hander.
Scheduled to make $10.8 million in 2020 before hitting free agency, Ray was a hot topic of late July trade discussions last year.