Sources: New York Yankees buy starter Frankie Montas and closer Lou Trivino of the Oakland Athletics

The New York Yankees Are finalizing a deal for right-handed starters Frankie Montas Get closer Lou Trivino The following are the Oakland AthleticsESPN has confirmed that the sources have confirmed this.

Montas’s trade is the second this week involving a highly-sought-after starting pitcher, following Seattle’s acquisition right-hander Luis Castillo. Cincinnati Reds You can get a package with four prospects.

The AL-best Yankees had a busy deadline. They acquired an outfielder Andrew Benintendi Assisting rookies Scott Effross.

Montas is a 29-year old who is not eligible to free agency until after 2023. He has displayed flashes of excellence since signing in 2009 with Boston. He was traded to the Chicago White Sox And Los Angeles Dodgers Before moving to the A’s, he was a pitcher who over the past six seasons blossomed into a pitcher who this season has 104.2 innings with a 3.18 ERA ball with 109 strikesouts, 28 walks, and ten home runs allowed.

Montas was sidelined by a shoulder injury in mid-July, but he returned to the game with three shutout innings and a two-earned run win against Houston. This was enough to draw many teams, large and small.

The Yankees won the Montas sweepstakes and add to their rotation a starter who will slot into a playoff rotation with a fastball-slider-splitter pitch mix that has proven effective all season. Montas lasted at least five innings in 15 out of 16 of his first 16 starts. The only exception was a game in that he was hit in the hand by a comebacker. He left the game after 1.2 innings.

The trade was first reported by YES Network.