Gerrit Cole And Jameson Taillon Are Going To Be In The Same Starting Rotation Again Because New York Has Traded Miguel Yajure, Roansy Contreras, Maikol Escotto and Canaan Smith To Pittsburgh

Gerrit Cole and Jameson Taillon were in Pittsburgh’s starting rotation!

Now the former Pittsburgh teammates are going to be pitching in the same starting rotation again!

Where?

Bronx New York where they’re going to be pitching for the team that wears the pinstripes!

Why?

The team that wears the pinstripes have agreed to a trade to acquire Taillon from the rebuilding Pirates, sources told MLB.com on Sunday afternoon, rounding out their rotation with a right-hander who’s undergone Tommy John surgery twice but has performed like a top-of-the-rotation starter when healthy. The deal has not been confirmed by either club, but the players involved have been informed.

Pittsburgh is going to be acquiring prospects Miguel Yajure, Roansy Contreras, Maikol Escotto and Canaan Smith, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reported. The right-hander Yajure was the Yankees’ No. 15 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline. Contreras was their No. 19 prospect, Smith was No. 21 and Escotto was not among their Top 30 Prospects. “according to an article by Adam Berry and Bryan Hoch on mlb.com