And So It Begins

AL exec: “Yanks aggressively pushing Joba, Hughes. Joba could happen soon to NL team.” Source says #Yankees talking on both, nothing close.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 10, 2013

#yankees r dangling phil hughes in hopes of acquiring a hitter. rival exec predicts they'll succeed. http://t.co/VRZIh5VzKE
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) July 10, 2013

In 2007-2008, the Yankees had a collection of 3 of the hottest pitching prospects in baseball, the future core of the rotation that would help usher in the next great Yankee dynasty.  By the end of this month, all 3 of those pitchers could be in other uniforms.  Not exactly what Cash had in mind when he had this big 3 together back then.

When the rotation starts to trend downward in the next year or 2, this will end up being one of, if not the biggest reason why.