A proposed trade would send one of the New York Yankees' most promising young players out to bring in workhorse starter who struck out 224 last year.

Here are a handful of starting pitchers to watch through the first few months of the season who could, eventually, be traded and help the New York Yankees replace Gerrit Cole.

While Cole did have internal bracing done on his surgically-repaired elbow, he still had the typical Tommy John surgery.