PT TOMORROW: AL East—Deadline days are here again

New York Yankees

Unlike their division mates — three of them contenders, the other clearly rebuilding — the Yankees’ trade-deadline posture remains to be seen.

To be sure, virtually everyone expects them to part with Aroldis Chapman (LHP, NYY), a free agent at season’s end who figures to be high on the list for teams looking to win now. Indeed, as this column was being written, Chapman-to-the-Cubs rumors were swirling.

Beyond that, however, it remains to be seen the degree to which the team will purge its veterans and infuse the organization with youth.

Several local and national scribes, including ESPN’s Buster Olney, have already drawn their conclusion, however: Not only should the Yankees get what they can for Carlos Beltrán (OF,...

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