NewportBarGuy: Have the Yankees ever thought about maybe buying some pitching?

Just a thought.

Aces don't grow on trees.

Usually when a big name pitcher hits FA, the Yankees always make a play. Sometimes they succeed, but often said pitcher either A) doesn't want to play in New York or B) is being courted by some other team willing to break themselves over him (in either amount or duration) and the Yankees will set their sights elsewhere.

More commonly, you have to acquire a pitcher via trade, and teams usually don't offer good pitchers up unless they've given up they are rebuilding or said pitcher was specifically requested by the other team as part of a too-good-to-pass-up deal.

This past season, the biggest arm available at the deadline was Luis Castillo. The Yankees -desperately- wanted him, but apparently the Reds asked for something ridiculous in return. Who was the -2nd- biggest arm on the market, then? Frankie Montas.. and we all know how THAT worked out for the Yankees.

So who's the biggest FA arm currently? Verlander, and I somehow doubt he finds his way into pinstripes.

..speaking of Verlander and Judge, though the Yankees and Mets are under investigation for possible collusion regarding Judge, and in that article is also a blurb about Jim Crane potentially being in hot water for publicly discussing Verlander's contract negotiations.