The Yankees are looking for bullpen help, and given that they hope to have a large chunk of their offseason spending going to Aaron Judge, they appear unlikely to be involved at what’s left of the top of the free-agent reliever market.

So how might they go about adding reliever reinforcements?

Perhaps by finding their next Clay Holmes or Wandy Peralta.

When the Yankees acquired Peralta in April 2021 (from the Giants in exchange for Mike Tauchman) and Holmes in July 2021 (from the Pirates for Diego Castillo and Hoy Park), neither deal was met with much fanfare. Peralta had a career 4.72 ERA and Holmes a career 5.57 ERA.