SNY's Andy Martino reported that the Yankees were in pursuit of St. Louis Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley before they sent him to the New York Mets on Wednesday, and that the Bronx Bombers' failure to land him stemmed from their hesitancy to part with their top young talent.

The New York Yankees were reportedly asked to part with Ben Rice, Jasson Dominguez or Spencer Jones for the New York Mets' newest star.

Put it this way, even if the Mets just had as good a do-over day as the Yankees did: The Yankees still had a much better Trade Deadline than a year ago, when if they’d brought in better reinforcements — even in a lesser market than this one — they might have won their first World Series since 2009. Which sometimes feels like 1909 to Yankee fans.