Yankees view Kluber and Taillon as high risk, high reward

NEW YORK (AP) — General manager Brian Cashman knows the New York Yankees are taking big risks by adding pitchers Corey Kluber and Jameson Tallion and letting go of Masahiro Tanaka. Kluber and Taillon have combined to pitch one inning during the past two seasons. The Yankees allowed Tanaka, James Paxton and J.A. Happ to become free agents, signed Kluber to an $11 million, one-year contract and acquired Taillon from Pittsburgh. To drop payroll below the $210 million luxury tax threshold, Cashman traded right-hander Adam Ottavino to rival Boston, saving $7.15 million, and agreed to a pending $2.5 million deal with side-arming right-hander Darren O’Day.