Yankees Rumors: Chances Of Jose Quintana Trade Slim

New York Yankees Rumors: A report surfaced that the Yankees were interested in acquiring Jose Quintana from the Chicago White Sox but it seems that a deal happening for him is slim.

New York Yankees rumors continue to sprout up in regards to their attempts to upgrade their starting rotation. The latest rumor involves Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jose Quintana.

The White Sox are all in on selling. They have already traded ace Chris Sale to the Boston Red Sox and centerfielder Adam Eaton to the Washington Nationals. With 2017 clearly a rebuild year, the White Sox could continue moving veteran talent and Quintana is a name that has come up.

The Yankees are one team that has shown interest in Quintana according to Jon Morosi of MLB Network and Fox Sports. Morosi notes that the Yankees have the type of high-level prospects the White Sox would be looking to acquire in return for Quintana.

While the Yankees and White Sox would be a match on paper, it does not seem like a route the Yankees are currently willing to go down. According to Jack Curry of YES Network, the Yankees chances of acquiring Quintana in a trade are slim. Curry notes the White Sox’s goal to acquire a haul as the reason why a trade is slim, as the Yankees will look to keep all of their top prospects for now.

There is no doubting that Quintana would be a huge upgrade for the Yankees rotation. He would give them a legitimate running mate to Masahiro Tanaka at the top of the rotation. To add to the intrigue, he is left-handed.

He has been one of the most consistent pitchers in the majors in recent seasons. Despite having only a .500 record in his career, he has thrown at least 200 innings with an ERA of 3.51 or lower in four consecutive seasons; the less than stellar win-loss record is more to do with the team that he has been pitching for than his performance.

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Quintana is also on a very team friendly deal. He is owed only $37.85 million through 2020 if all of his team options are picked up; he has one the final two years of the deal worth $10.5 million and $11.5 million.

There is nothing to dislike about the 27-year old Quintana, but the Yankees are probably smart to hold off for now. The White Sox have little reason to trade Quintana unless their asking price is met, and their asking price is astronomical, and for good reason.

Look at the players the White Sox have acquired this offseason already for Sale and Eaton. The White Sox received Yoan Moncada and Michael Kopech from the Red Sox and Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez from the Nationals; Moncada and Giolito are the No.1 rated prospects for position players and pitchers in baseball. Kopech and Lopez come in at No.30 and No.38 respectively.

That is quite the haul for the White Sox and if they were to engage in discussions with the Yankees they would undoubtedly aim high again. The starting point in a package for Quintana, based on what the Red Sox and Nationals surrendered, would probably be Clint Frazier, one of Gleyber Torres and Jorge Mateo, and one of Justus Sheffield and Domingo Acevedo.

The White Sox landed the top prospects from both the Red Sox and Nationals for Sale and Eaton and will, without a doubt, look to do the same in exchange for Quintana. At this time the Yankees really could use a starting pitcher, but they are still a little bit away from being contenders.

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The Yankees are better off seeing what they have in some of these youngsters first and then try augmenting the roster around them, not trading them away to upgrade the currently major league roster.