The Yankees’ trade deadline this year was a dud, no offense to Keynan Middleton.

Stuck between going for it and selling, the Yankees basically stood pat and then went 27-29 the rest of the way.

The good news? They did not go through another gutting of their upper-level starting-pitching depth to chase a short-term gain.

Since the 2021 trade deadline, the Yankees have shipped out arms including JP Sears, Ken Waldichuk and Luis Medina (the Frankie Montas trade); Glenn Otto (the Joey Gallo trade); Hayden Wesneski (the Scott Effross trade); and T.J. Sikkema and Beck Way (the Andrew Benintendi trade).