Everything Brian Cashman Said About Tarik Skubal, Adley Rutschman, Yankees' MLB Trade Deadline

While the New York Yankees made multiple moves ahead of Monday's MLB trade deadline, they didn't make a headline acquisition such as Tarik Skubal or Adley Rutschman.

With that as the backdrop, general manager Brian Cashman discussed his moves after ESPN's Jeff Passan reported the Yankees acquired infielder Luis García Jr. and outfielder Heliot Ramos but saw other teams around the league make other notable additions.

"They set a high price, and we were unable to get them off of what they said might work," Cashman told reporters when discussing the Detroit Tigers' asking price for Skubal before he was dealt to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

"At the same time, they were communicating that it also might not even win the day. They went silent after they got what they were looking for, and then they made that decision. We feel like we didn't really match up in the end. We weren't able to compete at that level.

"But they did have some asks our way that we were unwilling to do—it was a very specific ask, a certain player/players that we weren't willing to play with in that arena."

The Yankees and the rest of the league eventually had to stand by and watch as the Tigers traded Skubal to the Dodgers. That means the back-to-back World Series champions now have the back-to-back American League Cy Young winner and seem primed to add another title.

If New York gets through the American League playoffs, it would be anything but surprising if it had to face the Dodgers in the Fall Classic.

But it is more immediately competing with the Boston Red Sox, who ended up adding Rutschman in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles.

Cashman said New York "grinded through" the catching market and even held "many conversations" with the Orioles regarding the star catcher. "We were unable to meet the price, so they did their business elsewhere."

He also added the Yankees "shopped in that [bullpen] aisle pretty heavily, to no avail" and also "tried to evaluate all opportunities on the marketplace. … With that being said, I don't think there were lots of opportunities that existed that were upgrades for us."

But Rutschman stands out seeing how he is now on the rival Red Sox.

Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported the Yankees were "very much trying" for the catcher before the Red Sox traded Anthony Eyanson, Enddy Azocar, Kyson Witherspoon and Carlos Narvaez, per Jacob Calvin Meyer of the Baltimore Sun.

It was quite a price and apparently one the Yankees were not willing to pay even to beat out the Red Sox.

New York is still 2.5 games ahead of Boston for the top wild-card spot in the American League and could have quite the boost for the stretch run with Aaron Judge, who hasn't played since May 31 because of a fractured rib.

"We currently are still very optimistic that he's going to return, but there's challenges with all that too," Cashman told reporters. "... There's a very high likelihood that he fits the time frame to come back and join us. That's what I'm hoping and holding onto."

Yankees fans surely are as well.