LeMahieu was clogging up second base in New York, which needed to be opened up for Jazz Chisholm Jr. to return to his natural position. The Yankees didn't think LeMahieu could handle third, so they cut him loose and ate the last $22 million on his contract.

As the Yankees are expected to be buyers, one team potentially looking to sell at the deadline would make an excellent trade partner for New York. Multiple MLB insiders, including ESPN's Jeff Passan, MLB Network's Jon Morosi and MLB.com's Bryan Hoch have linked the Yankees with a potential swoop for a pair of Arizona Diamondbacks standouts.

The Tampa Bay Rays got trade season rolling by acquiring reliever Bryan Baker from the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday afternoon. […]

A New York Yankees trade idea replaces struggling closer Devin Williams for an arm with a 1.52 ERA so far this season.

NEW YORK — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman knows he isn’t showing up to the trade market this month with one item on his shopping list. If all goes according to plan, he’ll be filling up his cart with big-league talent this year.

"We’re going to town,” Cashman said. “We’re going to do everything we possibly can to improve ourselves and try to match up."

New York Mets fans had a chance to familiarize themselves with all that’s going wrong with the New York Yankees of late, taking two of three from the Big Apple

Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run homer, Austin Wells went deep for the third consecutive game and the New York Yankees pounded the Seattle Mariners 10-3 in the opener of a three-game series.

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.