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Maybe a good move if Nestor Cortes can no longer be "Nasty Cortes"

Yankees Linked to Trade for Projected $90 Million Ace Lefty

It would be nice, would it not, for the Yankees to land an ace pitcher sooner rather than later? Certainly, some of the shine was taken off the team’s 5-0 start on Tuesday when they were drubbed, 7-0, by the Diamondbacks in Arizona, the second consecutive unconvincing outing from Opening Day starter Nestor Cortes. With Gerrit Cole out, Cortes is the closest thing the Yankees have to an ace.

He has not been up to the job through two starts. Cortes has allowed 13 hits, four walks and seven earned runs in 10.0 innings thus far. Small sample size, yes, but he was not great in last year’s injury-shortened season and was awful (23 hits, four walks, 12 earned runs in 14 innings) in Spring Training.

Which brings us to the always-pleasant land of speculative trades. And there is one out there that would go a long way toward fixing the Yankees’ short-term pitching issue by adding another ace-caliber arm to fill in for Cole and to be the No. 2 starter behind him. The target, as highlighted by Bleacher Report: Marlins No. 1 starter Jesus Luzardo.

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/new-york-yankees/trade-for-ace-lefty-jesus-luzardo/