A team like the Twins needs to always be internally theorizing moves at every level in every situation. Twins cannot simply just buy talent on the open market. They must try and leverage situations when situations arise.  Could such a situation have just arrived in New York?

Gerrit Cole has a barking elbow. An elbow that more and more are believing to be potentially season ending. Of course we need to wait and see exactly what the tests reveal. That is a huge blow to a team that has a mandate of winning every year. year in and year out. There are other pitching concerns as well.  Luis Gil, the reigning AL ROY will be starting the season on the IL and will miss a few months. This leaves the Yankees with the following potential rotation.

* Max Fried. a legit starter, they are good here

* Carlos Rodon. Has the potential to flash ACE stuff, but inconsistent and has his own injury history. Can they rely on him? Rodon has not put back to back full seasons together since breaking into the league in 2015.

* Marcus Stroman. he of the "will anyone please take him off of our hands?!?!?!" ilk.  a 4.31 era last year is not HORRIBLE, he hasnt had an era above 4.00 before last year since 2018. He is still serviceable, but that is possibly his ceiling at this point? and the Yankees clearly are not sold on him.

* Clark Schmidt. He had a good bounce back season last year and a 2.85 ERA is great.  but averaging less than 5 innings per start isnt exactly an innings eater in the rotation. it makes him a good #4.

* Carlos Carrasco. I guess we have to include him here right? I mean he does have a pulse, and he is on the roster.  While I loves me some Carrasco, he is just not a season long starter

* Will Warren. a 25 year old top pitching prospect for the Yanks. while he had a bad debut last year he has some stuff and is turning heads this spring, but again unproven in New York is scary!!

With all of this in mind, just how desperate are/should the Yankees be to improve their rotation? And back to the Twins, how aggressive should they be to actually HELP the Evil Empire? And at what cost?

The Yankees would not give up major league talent, as they would be looking to contend if they are bringing pitching.  So we would be looking at the prospect market.

Next internal questions should be:

1) What is in the Yankees System we would want?

2) What would it cost to get them?

now back to the original question...

WOULD/SHOULD we move pitching to help NY?

We have perceived depth, but how much of the quality would we move for prospects?

Lombard is most likely untouchable, and Jones is intriguing.

But what if the Twins offered Pablo Lopez, a potential Ace or #2 starter in that rotation. and lets say we add a Trevor Larnach/Matt Wallner as a possible replacement for Stanton.

Lopez and Larnach/Wallner for George Lombard and/or Spencer Jones.