Pittsburgh Post-Gazette insider Noah Hiles has learned that the New York Yankees have asked the Pittsburgh Pirates about Oneil Cruz. In what may or may not have been a related matter, Pirates scouts were in Toronto on Tuesday night to observe Yankees starter Cam Schlittler,

Cruz was invited to participate in the Home Run Derby over All-Star Week and hit a 513 foot home run, tying for longest hit homer during the derby (not including hits at Denver's Coors Field, where the elevation causes balls to fly much further.