{"id":53910,"date":"2025-06-06T08:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53910"},"modified":"2025-06-06T08:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:20:59","slug":"analyst-calls-for-yankees-to-trade-for-8-time-all-star-ace-to-bolster-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53910","title":{"rendered":"Analyst Calls for Yankees to Trade for 8-Time All-Star Ace to Bolster Rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<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\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2218688757-e1749166533287.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2218688757-e1749166533287.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2218688757-e1749166533287.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2218688757-e1749166533287.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"New York Yankees\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"1227\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1252\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"featured-widget-area\">\n<div id=\"heavy_multi_stn_video_player_widget-4\" class=\"stn-player-cls stn-player-container\">\n<div data-stn-player=\"8efwxt1u\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0are one of the top teams in the MLB and will be aggressive ahead of the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>MLB analyst Jake Elman of AthlonSports urged\u00a0the Yankees to make a blockbuster trade for Chris Sale of the\u00a0Atlanta Braves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Yankees, or any team interested in Sale, likely won\u2019t be able to get him for cheap,\u201d Elman\u00a0wrote. \u201cAlthough he only has an $18 million club option remaining after this season, Sale is pitching better at 36 than he did at 30. It wouldn\u2019t make sense for the Braves to trade him for nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019d be hard to blame the Braves if they asked for top outfield prospect Spencer Jones in a potential Sale trade, especially if he continues pitching so efficiently,\u201d Elman added. \u201cEither way, a playoff rotation featuring Sale, Fried, and Rod\u00f3n sounds pretty good to us. Judge and the offense would just need to do their part, and history shows that\u2019s not always the case when the calendar turns to October.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sale would be a blockbuster addition for the Yankees and would strengthen their rotation for a playoff push. He won the Cy Young in 2024 and is an eight-time All-Star.<\/p>\n<p>Sale is in the\u00a0final year of his two-year, $38 million deal with the Braves. He has a club option for $18 million next season, so New York could have him for two playoff pushes.<\/p>\n<p>Sale is a dominant left-hander who would add to the rotation of Max Fried and Carlos Rodon as a dominant top of the rotation. Sale\u00a0is 3-4 with a 2.93 ERA in 13 starts this season\u00a0with the Braves.<\/p>\n<h2>Analyst Wonders if Braves Will Trade Sale<\/h2>\n<p>If Sale is made available ahead of the trade deadline, he would be one of the most sought-after pitchers.<\/p>\n<p>If the Braves are still well under .500 at the deadline, MLB analyst Chris Rose wondered if the former Cy Young winner would be a trade candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll give you one other name, Chris Sale\u2026 He is the piece that teams, in a lack of starting pitching market at the trade deadline, that could swing maybe the entire playoffs,\u201d Rose\u00a0said\u2026 \u201cWhen you are talking about something that could fetch you, I\u2019m not talking High-A prospects here. I\u2019m talking about young guys that can help you continue to make the Braves really relevant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta waving the white flag and trading Sale would be a big move. Rose isn\u2019t sure if they will, but he believes Sale would fetch a massive haul.<\/p>\n<h2>Yankees GM Focused on Adding Pitching<\/h2>\n<p>New York will be in the market for pitching help this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees are without Gerrit Cole for the entire season, while Luis Gil has yet to make his season debut. With that, the Yankees\u2019 general manager, Brian Cashman, said the team will look to acquire a pitcher this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlways pitching, pitching, pitching, whether that\u2019s adding to the rotation or adding to the bullpen,\u201d Cashman\u00a0said when asked about possible additions before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees could have a need for a closer, due to the struggles of Williams and the injury to Weaver. 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