For the first time in a while the New York Yankees did next to nothing at the trade deadline. Despite the fact that I think Dustin Ackley is a nice, little, fun player that move does nothing to help the Yankees. The Yankees were not willing to part with some of their younger prospects. Could it be that the Yankees view these four prized minor leaguers as their next core four?

The initial core four of Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada won a total of 5 World Series championships. While Bernie Williams was in that mix too, he was not around for the 2009 World Series championship.

RHP Luis Severino might be a top of the rotation pitcher like Andy Pettitte was. Gary Sanchez might be a solid backstop for 15+ years with the Yankees like Jorge Posada was. First Baseman Greg Bird and Right Fielder Aaron Judge are seen as potential future stars as well. 

Severino is already here and was impressive in his debut. We've been hearing about Gary Sanchez for years. Greg Bird and Aaron Judge will likely been seen in 2016 or 2017 with Mark Teixeira and Carlos Beltran moving into the last year of their contracts and ultimately moving on.

Yankees brass have faith in these individuals leading the team in the future and we may get to see all of them come September callups!