Trade Deadline

It's been a good month for the Yankees, but don't be fooled--this is still a flawed, schizophrenic team that could easily have an awful August (there are 10 games left against Tulo and his revitalized Jays, offset perhaps by 10 games against the truly terrible Red Sox) and be right back in a suffocatingly tight race with September ahead.

So here we are on the very cusp of the 2015 non-waiver trading deadline and... there's not much likely to happen, unless something does.

For all the fuss about David Price, I think it's really not realistic to be fitting him for pinstripes just yet. Over the winter, when it's just money, maybe. But now, when there are other teams who ARE willing to jettison their top prospects for two months of Price (who, let's be real, is a very good pitcher but not a great one), expect someone else to pay the, you should pardon the expression, price.

Maybe we should stop hearing about Luis Severino and why he can't be dealt and get to see him for ourselves. If he's that good, we won't miss David Price so much.

It's nice that Brendan Ryan and Stephen Drew have had a couple of important hits lately. But Ben Zobrist is off the table, so when do we get Rob Refsnyder back?

The most likely scenario is that the Yankees do nothing big at the deadline. It's possible someone of a Brendan McCarthy (2014) level will be available for prospects we don't really care about, and that might happen. Perhaps Aaron Small II is out there someplace, a guy who'll have a great two months and then move on. Brian Cashman is very good at that sort of thing.

It's entirely possible there will be no move at all. It doesn't make sense to trade just so you can say you did it. And it doesn't make sense to decimate the farm system (again!) to get two months of someone pretty good who might get you to the playoffs but not much farther.

My guess: There will be a minor deal or two. No huge prospects will be moved. Ivan Nova will remain a Yankee. CC Sabathia, under no circumstances, is leaving the rotation for the bullpen. The Yankees you have now are essentially the Yankees you'll have for the rest of the season.

For better. Or worse.