What a boring and disappointing trade deadline it was for the New York Yankees, not accomplishing anything they needed on either side of the baseball. For a team expected to be very active, this felt like perhaps the most disappointing deadline in quite some time. It likely didn't help that prices were high and not all players got traded, but there's really no excuse for New York to do what it did. The Yankees needed to get better on both sides, and they didn't.

Recently speaking to reporters, Brian Cashman's comments are a bit ridiculous. He said there weren't enough players they believed could upgrade the roster. "We engaged everybody," Cashman said, per ESPN. "We tried to evaluate all opportunities... I don't think there were a lot of opportunities that existed that were upgrades for us. We like the players we have and we like the players we have on the come."

I absolutely disagree with comments like this from Cashman, especially when we just saw guys like Adley Rutschman get traded to the Boston Red Sox. It doesn't feel like he's being honest; instead, he didn't want to part with certain prospects. That's been a problem for the Yankees over the past few years, and something that evidently has to change in the near future.