According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated, he tweets, “bad news for #’stros. #yankees unlikely to become heavily involved in Oswalt. “we like our starters,” one official said.”

Over the last few weeks there has not been a strong indication that the Yankees would make a play for Oswalt. He spent his entire career in the National League, so it may be a gamble to bring him to American League. Buster Olney of ESPN said that it was unlikely that the Yankees (and Red Sox) would spend the $33 million owed to Oswalt.

New York is likely to make a World Series, something that Oswalt wants to do, so you can never count out the Yankees.