The New York Yankees are expecting a premium would be imposed by a division rival in potential trades for several good fits.

Both the New York Mets and New York Yankees would love to acquire a high-upside starting pitcher for the second

New York Yankees starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt suffered a season-ending injury that could motivate the St. Louis Cardinals to make a trade.

During a live Q&A, Brendan Kuty discussed a variety of Yankees topics, including the deadline, Anthony Volpe and the team's summer swoons.

Record: 51-41 (89.8% playoff probability, per FanGraphs)

MLB trade deadline approaches, the New York Yankees are shopping for everything from bullpen and rotation additions to infield help. Regarding the latter, two infielders are clearly the best options.

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.

Everson Pereira was scratched with general sickness and Bryan De La Cruz with an oblique issue on Tuesday night, and both remained out of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lineup on Wednesday afternoon.

This season, the Yankees’ Injured List has taken one of its heaviest tolls in years, so GM Brian Cashman has made it a priority to shore up his beleaguered pitching rotation.