In a recent article, Zach Kaplan of Athlon suggested a trade in which the Yankees would acquire Sandy Alcantara from the Miami Marlins in exchange for left-handed pitching prospect Brock Selvidge and right-handed pitching prospect Cade Smith.

The New York Yankees' starting rotation may need some upgrades at the trade deadline. Clarke Schmidt's injury may force them to make a move.

Clarke Schmidt’s season-ending injury further complicated what already was shaping up as a challenging trade deadline for the Yankees. Because, as much as it seemed assured back in the spring that the Yankees would be aggressively pursuing starting pitching before the July 31 deadline,

NEW YORK — The Yankees made a rare trade with a division rival on Sunday morning, shipping Triple-A catcher Alex Jackson to the Orioles. In exchange for Jackson, the Yankees received international signing bonus pool money and either a player to be named later or cash considerations back from Baltimore.

The Yankees traded away another organizational catcher Sunday, shipping him from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to the Orioles.

With four catchers out due to injury, the Orioles acquired minor league catcher Alex Jackson in a trade with the Yankees on Sunday and put Gary Sanchez on the IL.