ANAHEIM, Calif. — The New York Yankees reportedly are shopping for starting pitchers in an effort to bolster a rotation that has struggled so far this season.
Going into Tuesday’s game against the Angels, the Yankees starters’ ERA was 4.43, ranking 13th among the American League’s 15 teams. With scheduled off days Thursday and Monday, the Yankees on Tuesday moved Adam Warren to the bullpen.
Other than Ivan Nova, who made just his second start of the season on Tuesday, and with Warren now in the bullpen, the only starter with an ERA under 4.00 is Masahiro Tanaka at 3.88.
Earlier reports tied the Yankees to Cole Hamels of the Phillies and Johnny Cueto and Mike Leake of the Reds. More recently, the Yankees are reported to have interest in Boston’s Clay Buchholz and the White Sox’s Jeff Samardzija.
Samardzija seems to make the most sense, since he will be a free agent at the end of the season, the White Sox have the worst record in the American League and the Yankees showed some interest in him last year before he was traded from the Cubs to the A’s.
