{"id":38607,"date":"2025-04-05T03:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T03:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38607"},"modified":"2025-04-05T03:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T03:26:19","slug":"breaking-yankees-108-million-potential-trade-target-dubbed-best-trade-chip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38607","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Yankees&#8217; $108 Million Potential Trade Target Dubbed &#8216;Best Trade Chip&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees will likely be in the market for a starting pitcher this season following the injuries to Gerrit Cole, Clarke Schmidt, and Luis Gil. To this point, the starting rotation hasn&#8217;t killed them, but once the offense cools down a bit, this could change.<\/p>\n<p>One name that&#8217;s been connected to the Yankees for months is Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Luis Castillo. Castillo has about $72 million left on his contract plus a vesting option in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report&#8217;s Kerry Miller recently\u00a0listed Castillo as one of the best trade chips\u00a0of the season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2621570\/seattle-mariners-pitcher-luis-castillo.webp?w=790&amp;f=929807fe1d480cc6a63f2535373cea31 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2621570\/seattle-mariners-pitcher-luis-castillo.jpg?w=790&amp;f=929807fe1d480cc6a63f2535373cea31 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2621570\/seattle-mariners-pitcher-luis-castillo.webp?w=900&amp;f=16f4962cb6887d6ab91f9d552d1d4d5e 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2621570\/seattle-mariners-pitcher-luis-castillo.jpg?w=900&amp;f=16f4962cb6887d6ab91f9d552d1d4d5e 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2621570\/seattle-mariners-pitcher-luis-castillo.webp?w=790&amp;f=929807fe1d480cc6a63f2535373cea31 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2621570\/seattle-mariners-pitcher-luis-castillo.jpg?w=790&amp;f=929807fe1d480cc6a63f2535373cea31 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2621570\/seattle-mariners-pitcher-luis-castillo.webp?w=450&amp;f=2601bd8bbd5a5344209058cb2bd515a5 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2621570\/seattle-mariners-pitcher-luis-castillo.jpg?w=450&amp;f=2601bd8bbd5a5344209058cb2bd515a5 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2621570\/seattle-mariners-pitcher-luis-castillo.webp?w=1200&amp;f=fecfd767e07e4233b9bce9dac9d20875\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2621570\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2621570\/seattle-mariners-pitcher-luis-castillo.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=fecfd767e07e4233b9bce9dac9d20875\" alt=\"Seattle Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">SEATTLE, WASHINGTON &#8211; APRIL 02: Luis Castillo #58 of the Seattle Mariners fist bumps manager Dan Wilson #6 during the seventh inning against the Detroit Tigers at T-Mobile Park on April 02, 2025 in Seattle,&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Steph Chambers\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;While that ship has sailed, the 32-year-old ace could still be on the trade block this summer, if managing a grand total of eight runs during the season-opening four-game series against the Athletics is a sign of what&#8217;s to come once again from this offense,&#8221; Miller wrote. &#8220;Now, whether they&#8217;ll be able to find a trade partner who A) needs a starting pitcher, B) can afford what&#8217;s left on Castillo&#8217;s contract, and C) has a surplus bat that would actually help the Mariners is a different story. It probably needs to be a three-team deal to make that happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Castillo is a tough name to discuss on the trade block. He would need to clear a trade because of his no-trade clause, and the amount of money left on his deal is a lot for the receiving team to take on.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees could be the perfect landing spot, though, as long as Castillo would accept a deal there. New York could send either Spencer Jones or Everson Pereira over to Seattle to help the Mariners&#8217; offense, as well as take on the rest of Castillo&#8217;s contract.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s still to be seen if the Mariners will shop him this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees will likely be in the market for a starting pitcher this season following the injuries to Gerrit Cole, Clarke Schmidt, and Luis Gil&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Yankees&#039; $108 Million Potential Trade Target Dubbed &#039;Best Trade Chip&#039; 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