It’s hard to ask for a better start to the season for a starting rotation than what the New York Yankees have had. Despite missing three key starters, the Yankees have a 1.16 team ERA this season with three shutouts. The rotation, led by Max Fried and Cam Schlittler, has been awesome.
Unfortunately, the Yankees know that those results likely won’t stand long-term, and they need to get healthy soon. Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodon and Clarke Schmidt are all missing due to injury, and Luis Gil was optioned before the season. The Yankees are always aggressive in the trade market and connected to stars around the MLB, so they could pull the trigger on a deal to settle their concerns and gear up for a run in the postseason.
FanSided’s Austin Owens has floated the idea that the Yankees could acquire Miami Marlins star Sandy Alcantara this season. Alcantara, who won the Cy Young award in the National League in 2022, has been rumored in trade talks around the league for years, but this could finally be the season he gets dealt.
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After missing the entire 2024 season due to injury and having a down year in 2025, Alcantara is looking like himself again to start the 2026 season. In two starts so far this season, Alcantara has yet to allow a run and tossed a complete-game shutout in his last outing against the Chicago White Sox.
Miami ace Sandy Alcantara has seen his name floated at each of the last two trade deadlines,” Owens wrote. But 2026 feels like the year the right-hander finally heads elsewhere as the constantly cost-conscious Marlins look to stay ahead of his free agency. And with the top-of-the-line stuff he possesses, and how well he’s started the new season, he figures to fetch a nice price — with the New York Yankees particularly interested in making a midseason rotation upgrade.”
Miami has gotten off to a strong start this season, so the Marlins could hold on to him if they are still in postseason contention in July, but it might also be wise to make a deal while he has an extra year of control and fetch a top prospect from the Yankees’ system.