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