Yankees were blacklisted in trade talks for aces David Price, Jon Lester

[KamaAina]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/yankees-blacklisted-in-trade-talks-for-aces-david-price--jon-lester-192616217.html

The New York Yankees had the honor of facing David Price the first time he dressed up in his Detroit Tigers uniform and took the mound. Price, swapped to the Tigers at last week's trade deadline in a three-team deal, looked good on Tuesday night — striking out 10 Yankee hitters, but leaving with a no-decision in what eventually became a 12-inning Tigers win.

Even though the Yankees are a team that needs starting pitching, they weren't in on the Price sweepstakes. Nor were they contenders to land Jon Lester or John Lackey from the Boston Red Sox. And it's not because Yankees GM Brian Cashman didn't try.

Rather, it's because, according to Newsday's David Lennon, both the Red Sox and Rays GMs had their marching orders: They were free to trade their aces, just not to the Yankees....

It's not altogether surprising to learn that neither team wanted to trade with the Yankees, but they didn't quite need to be blacklisted. The Yankees simply didn't have the type of players needed to land Lester or Price. Nobody wants a broke-down Ichiro or Francisco Cervelli in a deal for an ace.

[Auggie]

1. They'll go after them as free agents

[Renew Deal]

2. This is a non-story

The red sox and rays didn't want to trade big players to teams in their division. This is common in pretty much every sport.

[KamaAina]

3. But apparently the O's and Jays were not blacklisted

All I was doing was throwing the many Yankee-haters around here some red meat.