What it’s like to be traded to the Yankees at the deadline

At some point between now and 6 p.m. Tuesday, a player or two — or perhaps three or four — will get a call from their general manager or agent informing them that they have been traded to the Yankees.

Before long, they will be asked how soon they can get to New York — or maybe even Boston or Philadelphia, the two cities the Yankees will visit on this road trip leading into the trade deadline — as their life enters a period of upheaval. And oh, by the way, please keep pitching or hitting at your top level while jumping into a pennant race and a new clubhouse with two months left in the regular season.

Easy enough?

“I mean, it’s just a lot,” said Clay Holmes, who would know after getting traded from the Pirates to the Yankees four days before the 2021 deadline.