The trade deadline is just five days away

Clay Holmes yielded two runs in 2 1/3 innings Thursday in his rehab start for Triple-A Syracuse. Holmes’ velocity was pretty close to normal in his first start back from a fractured fibula, but he walked two and gave up five hard-hit balls to Yankees prospects while throwing 51 pitches and getting seven outs.

A Tarik Skubal trade feels like a foregone conclusion at this point. According to Robert Murray of Fansided, "The expectation among rival executives is that the Detroit Tigers will trade Skubal. That sentiment had been growing in recent weeks,