The non-waiver trade deadline barrels towards us. You can boil the Yankees’ greatest needs down to three areas: It's not what's for dinner. Starting Rotation: The Yankees have three reliable starters in CC Sabathia, Bartolo Colon, and Freddy Garcia, but the last two can’t be taken for granted ...

When I was a young lad following the Yankees in the mid-to-late 1980s, they would periodically call up some random lefty to fill out the back of the bullpen or take a spot start. I’m thinking in particular of Alfonso Pulido and the wonderfully-named Hipolito Pena. In my memory, these guys sat around ...