Chris Archer landed in Pittsburgh, Manny Machado with the Dodgers and Jacob deGrom stayed with the Mets.
But general manager Brian Cashman isn’t displeased that his Yankees didn’t add a star before Tuesday’s non-waiver trade deadline.
The Yankees’ main additions were Zach Britton, J.A. Happ and, most recently, Lance Lynn — as well as a truckload of international pool spending money.
“We did a lot of different things for a lot of different reasons,’’ Cashman said. “I don’t need something splashy sometimes. Ultimately, all we want to do is win and win as many games as we possibly can between now and when it’s over. It doesn’t have to be splashy, it just has to work. That’s all that matters. We’ll see.”
Lynn, who the Yankees picked up Monday from Minnesota, was expected to arrive at the Stadium on Tuesday and go into the bullpen — if he isn’t needed in the rotation. Cashman pointed to Lynn’s ability to get out right-handers and more effectiveness overall of late as reasons he is confident Lynn will be able to help, especially with the Yankees not having another off day until Aug. 20 and potentially in need of an extra starter.
Essentially, the Yankees went from Adam Warren to Lynn, with Cashman pointing to Lynn’s ability to provide more length and start — which Warren couldn’t do.
“He gives us a lot more choices,’’ Cashman said of the 31-year-old lefty.
In Lynn’s past 12 starts, he has a 3.74 ERA after having an ERA of 7.47 ERA in his first eight outings. Lynn, like Neil Walker, got caught up in the slow free-agent market in the offseason and didn’t sign with the Twins until March 12.
With pitching depth in Domingo German and Jonathan Loaisiga out with injuries, the Yankees had just Luis Cessa and Justus Sheffield — who is on an innings limit — at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
The Yankees remained somewhat shorthanded in the outfield — with Aaron Judge, Clint Frazier and Jacoby Ellsbury out with injuries — but they remain within striking distance of the first-place Red Sox.
“We’re doing everything we can to reinforce what we’ve got to take our shot,’’ Cashman said. “That’s what the last few weeks have been about. Typically, this record would put you in a spot that would put you ahead of everybody else. It just hasn’t worked out that way yet. Thankfully, we’ve got a lot of games left and a lot head-on left to play against them.”
That starts Thursday in Boston, when the Yankees will try to close the gap in the division, both with updated rosters.
“I don’t like our position,’’ Cashman said of the second-place Yankees. “I want to be where they are. They made a lot of improvements, as well. … They’ve imported a lot of high-end talent that’s gonna make them better and more difficult to chase, but stay tuned. We’ll see where it takes us.”
