According to Sung Min Kim of the Washington Post and Fangraphs, the New York Yankees are attempting to improve their starting pitching via trades. Kim also notes that while the Yankees are “pushing” outfield prospect Clint Frazier, interested teams seem more attracted by their pitching prospects.
Even though it’s not explicitly mentioned in the tweet, one can assume that the pitching prospects in question include southpaw Justus Sheffield (2018: 2.44 ERA, 85.0 IP, 95 K in AAA/AA), Chance Adams (2018: 4.89 ERA, 84.2 IP, 87 K in AAA) and Domingo Acevedo (2018: 2.