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from the fact that the Royals don’t appear to be interested in dealing their closer Joakim Soria, there may be another major hurdle to overcome.

According to Andrew Marchand of ESPN , the Yankees are on Soria’s no-trade list. That means that even if the Yankees and the Royals worked out a deal, the young pitcher would have the right to veto it.

This is another roadblock, but not necessarily the biggest. If Yankees' general manager Brian Cashman could figure out a way to get the Royals to agree to a trade, the fact that Soria has this NTC to the Yankees doesn’t necessarily kill a deal.

It could, and likely, means that he would simply use it as leverage.

Soria is in the second year of a three-year, $8.75 ...

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