D-Backs insider confirms every Yankees fan's fear about trading with Brian Cashman

Wondering why the New York Yankees couldn't swing a trade for Eugenio Suárez at the trade deadline? Longtime Phoenix MLB insider/radio host John Gambadoro is happy to help.

To outsiders, it sometimes feels as if Brian Cashman and the Yankees happily sit upon their mound of prospects, only dealing from the bottom of the stockpile when they feel 1,000% assured that it won't come back to bite them. Some leaders like AJ Preller sit on the opposite end of the spectrum, trading the No. 3 prospect in all of baseball for a flamethrower they coveted. A happy medium would probably do CashGod and the Yankees some good, considering how few impact trades they've really made over the years.

As it turns out ... the outside perception may be pretty close to accurate. If you believe some disgruntled Arizonans, it might be even worse than you're thinking.

According to Gambadoro, the Yankees begin their posturing by keeping all their top prospects off limits, then follow that up by begging you to kick in cash to help pay for their taxation. That's pure, uncut Hal Steinbrenner right there. Fully believable.

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This disgruntled reaction is ... probably an exaggeration, but it's no surprise the Yankees have a lengthy checklist of things they ask for before a deal can be done. It's not like they don't trade their top 10 prospects, after all. Griffin Herring, MLB Pipeline's No. 8, just went to Colorado for Ryan McMahon. Rafael Flores, who replaced him at No. 8 after departing, headed to Pittsburgh in exchange for David Bednar. Names like Agustin Ramirez, Hayden Wesneski, Ken Waldichuk, Drew Thorpe, and Luis Medina have all changed hands since 2022, and every one among them was an upper-crust name.

That's not to say the Yankees don't have their guys, though, and their list of untouchables probably runs deeper than most teams would think. There's clearly a value mismatch, based on the struggles the Yankees have had linking up more universally in recent years. Hopefully, they continue to find a way to navigate the trade waters — and opt to get a little uncomfortable every once in a while.