The New York Yankees might need to cut ties with a few top prospects if they want to land the blockbuster trades they need to make.

There are many reasons for the Yankees to like George Lombard Jr., though the IQ of a son of a coach is what they hope makes him the complete package.

At the celebrity softball game in Atlanta as part of All-Star Weekend, Sabathia launched a mammoth home run. "Still got it," Sabathia wrote on social media. Sabathia is heading into the Hall of Fame for his pitching. He was a star for Cleveland, Milwaukee and the Yankees in a 19-year MLB career.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are reportedly making some key players, who could be fits for the New York Yankees, available at the trade deadline.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/yankees as Former Yankees Star Goes Viral for Home Run Reaction. Former New York Yankees star outfielder Juan Soto has started to settle into a groove while playing for the club's crosstown rivals, which in turn have led to some of his antics making a return.

Escarra is one of baseball's best feel-good stories. He was out of affiliated ball and driving an Uber to make ends meet, yet somehow found his way back and earned a path to the big leagues out of the Yankees' minor-league system.

Loáisiga threw a 1-2-3 seventh inning before he was taken deep for a solo shot by Chicago catcher Carson Kelly on a hanging 0-2 curveball leading off the eighth. It marked the third homer the righty reliever has surrendered in his past two appearances.

Cody Bellinger spent the past two years rejuvenating his career with the Chicago Cubs. But the New York Yankees were nonetheless able to acquire him via trade rather easily this past offseason.