Latest Yankees pitching rumor is a deflating parody of Brian Cashman's moves

If you had a meme of Brian Cashman sleeping cued up in your Twitter drafts, then we have the rumored Yankees move for you!

While the rest of us attempt to figure out how to inject life into this decrepit lineup, and whether or not it's possible to surround Aaron Judge and Juan Soto with even average players, Cash appears to be hard at work avoiding a potential deadline overpay.

With the rotation in need of some potential reinforcements or innings-eaters, with Clarke Schmidt working his way back and Luis Gil's workload in question, the Yankees are reportedly among the teams interested in ... 44-year-old Rich Hill, who hasn't pitched in 2024 and is plotting a comeback.

And no, the Dodgers being another interested party won't make fans feel any better.

Yankees target Rich Hill is 44 years old, and that is his scouting report

Hill was legitimately good from the end of 2015 through 2020, coincidentally ending his brief tenure with the Yankees in 2014 (not a coincidence, always happens that way). He was a slightly-above-league-average innings eater in 2021 with the Rays and Mets (and tormented the Yankees in Tampa), before becoming a slightly-below-average innings eater with the 2022 Red Sox. That hasn't stopped their fan base from acting like he was the devil incarnate in their uniform, despite posting a 98 ERA+. He fell off a cliff last summer with the Padres (8.23 ERA in his final 10 appearances), which is hardly surprising given his age.

On top of everything unappealing about his potential return, he's as Boston as it gets, hailing from the Commonwealth. He's so Boston he was once arrested at a New England Patriots game for trying to intervene and stop the cops from tossing his wife into a paddywagon. If that screams "will be effective -- at the age of 44 -- for the team he grew up hating" to you, then we'd love to discuss other personnel moves you're in favor of.

There's a slim chance that Hill can provide two passable months down the stretch; he started off last season with a 4.18 ERA in his first six starts before things went south. Is trying to find six competent Hill starts the best use of the Yankees' time, though? Sure doesn't seem like it. Hopefully, Cashman was just floating something out there, then dodging it as it floated back to him. He certainly has more important things to be focused on these days.