{"id":50257,"date":"2025-05-22T07:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T07:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50257"},"modified":"2025-05-22T07:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T07:57:39","slug":"yankees-get-definitive-answer-on-blockbuster-trade-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50257","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Get Definitive Answer on Blockbuster Trade Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"has-video wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2151974753-e1718880377539.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2151974753-e1718880377539.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2151974753-e1718880377539.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2151974753-e1718880377539.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Paul Skenes, Pirates rookie sensation\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"1079\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1103\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0may have plans to replace Gerrit Cole\u2019s spot in the rotation before the MLB trade deadline, but any hope of landing Pittsburgh Pirates star Paul Skenes is apparently off the table.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees had been named as a top potential landing spot in the Pirates decided to part ways with the 22-year-old pitcher, but a new report indicates that Pittsburgh will hold on tightly to the generational talent.<\/p>\n<h2>Yankees Need to Look Elsewhere for Pitching Help<\/h2>\n<p>Though speculation had been building around Skenes and Pittsburgh\u2019s potential willingness to trade him, reporter Jon Heyman noted that the Pirates put an end to it.<\/p>\n<p>As Heyman reported, Skenes is just too young and talented to trade right now, and the Pirates still see the chance to build a contending team around him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPirates source: Paul Skenes is not getting traded. \u2018No chance, no way, no how,\u2019 is the way I heard it,\u201d Heyman shared in a\u00a0post on X. \u201cWhile there\u2019s a bit of logic to such a scenario, superstars just aren\u2019t traded by anyone with 1 year service time and the Pirates remain determined to build around Skenes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many had identified Skenes as a potential target for the Yankees.\u00a0Bleacher Report\u2019s Zachary D. Rymer named both the Yankees and New York Mets as \u201chonorable mentions\u201d in the race to land Skenes if he hit the trade block. Rymer suggested that the Yankees would definitely be in the mix, but likely wouldn\u2019t have the assets to pull off the deal with the Pirates.<\/p>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5197889\/element\/5\" class=\"MuiBox-root css-6emr8c\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">\u201cWe weren\u2019t going to get through this exercise without mentioning the New York teams. If they were to get involved in a Skenes bidding war, it would be great content if nothing else,\u201d Rymer wrote. \u201cThe problem: Neither club has much to offer in the way of elite prospects, with George Lombard Jr. (No. 44) representing the highest-ranked prospect for MLB Pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Paul Skenes May Not Be Happy in Pittsburgh<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear if the Pirates will continue to hold their stance on Skenes, who has spoken publicly about the frustration of playing for a losing team. After Sunday\u2019s 1-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, Skenes aimed what appeared to be veiled criticism at the team for not putting together a roster capable of winning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_16k26us0\" data-mm-id=\"_s7oq005t2\">\u201cNot everything is within any other individual in here\u2019s power,\u201d\u00a0Skenes said. \u201cThat\u2019s how we get going a little bit. Just control what we can control on an individual level. That\u2019s been my focus. That\u2019s always been my focus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"_16k26us0\" data-mm-id=\"_1taeeplxc\">\u201cThat\u2019s probably been a little bit more difficult this last month or so, but there\u2019s nowhere else to go but to keep going. Just got to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_1taeeplxc\">Even if Skenes doesn\u2019t hit the trade block this year, the Yankees still have a pending boost to their pitching rotation. Last year\u2019s AL Rookie of the Year, right-hander Luis Gil, is progressing through his rehab after suffering a lat injury in spring training and is\u00a0on track to return\u00a0sometime in late June or early July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty The\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0may have plans to replace Gerrit Cole\u2019s spot in the rotation before the MLB trade deadline, but any hope of landing Pittsburgh Pirates star&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50257","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>Yankees Get Definitive Answer on Blockbuster Trade Target - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50257\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yankees Get Definitive Answer on Blockbuster Trade Target - 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