MLB Trade Rumors: The New York Yankees have acquired Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino from the Oakland A’s in exchange for pitchers Ken Waldichuk, J.P. Sears and Luis Medina and second baseman Cooper Bowman, per multiple reports.
Montas, 29, is under team control through 2023. Montas had a breakout 2021 season, putting up 187 innings over 32 starts with a 3.37 ERA for the A’s. He’s been similar in 2022, though he’s not worked as deeply into games, and had a brief injured list stint earlier in the year. Montas had never thrown more than 96 major league innings in a season prior to 2021, so there are some questions about his durability, but he’s been a solid rotation piece.