Yankees have traded a former All-Star pitcher

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Yankees have traded a former All-Star pitcher

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Grey Papke | Last updated Aug 1, 2026 3:11 PM ET

The New York Yankees are hoping to accomplish some addition by subtraction ahead of the MLB trade deadline.

The Yankees are shipping reliever Camilo Doval to the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to multiple reports. The Yankees are getting two low-level prospects in return.

The Yankees are trading RHP Camilo Doval and cash considerations to the Pirates for prospects C Omar Alfonzo and OF Luis Cruz, per source. @JeffPassan was on it.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) August 1, 2026

Doval was one of the Yankees’ marquee additions at the trade deadline last season, but it did not work out the way they had hoped. He was part of a bullpen meltdown in his first appearance, and things never got much better from there. In 66 appearances for New York, he wound up posting a 4.63 earned run average.

The risk is worth it for the Pirates, who are in serious need of bullpen help. Doval was an All-Star with the San Francisco Giants and posted a 3.29 career ERA there before he was dealt to the Yankees. Pittsburgh is betting that he can rediscover that form and that they will be rewarded for buying low.

The Pirates enter play Saturday at 55-56, just 2.5 games out of the final NL Wild Card spot. They have legitimate reason to be buyers this season for the first time in a decade.

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