7 moves the Yankees must make after embarrassing playoff exit

2. Entertain Trade Talks for Gio Urshela, Luke Voit, Clint Frazier and Aaron Hicks

The Yankees need to do even more due diligence on the trade market.

Do NOT trade all of these guys. Probably don’t even trade more than one of them! But see what you can get in trade talks depending on what other teams are looking for.

Yes, Gio Urshela and Luke Voit have been revelations, but teams might want to surrender a haul for Urshela, in addition to the fact Voit’s trade value won’t get any higher at a position that is extremely expendable. Power-hitting first basemen are the easiest to come by.

Frazier’s eternally on the trade block, so that shouldn’t shock you, but perhaps if they don’t move him, then we should talk about Aaron Hicks getting his move on. He recently signed a seven-year deal at a team-friendly rate, so maybe a team heavily focused on analytics and OBP would love to acquire him. Hicks is yet another carbon copy of what the Yankees don’t entirely need to balance their lineup.

All of these guys carry above-average or all-time high trade value, and given the surprising need to make additions all over the roster, Cashman should look to capitalize in some capacity here. If we were to rank who to trade from most likely to least likely, it’d be Hicks, Frazier, Voit and Urshela. As previously discussed, the Yankees could trade guys like Chapman, Sanchez and Ottavino, but they carry almost no value and would largely be for salary dump purposes.

The Yankees’ farm system is jam-packed with pitching and middle infielders, so perhaps it’s time to diversify a bit or even acquire major league starting pitching with one or two of these potential trades.