Yankees may be haunted by lack of trade for starting pitcher

The Yankees’ organization collectively did everything but pop the champagne behind the scenes after last Thursday’s trade deadline, self-congratulations for a job well done.

And not without cause.

General manager Brian Cashman was able to avoid surrendering any of his top prospects as he efficiently addressed major shortcomings on his struggling club with the addition of seven players. That included needed righthanded hitters to deepen the lineup and three relievers to fortify an already-on-fumes, injury-plagued bullpen. Two of them, David Bednar and Camilo Doval , successfully had closed elsewhere — Bednar with Pittsburgh and Doval with San Francisco.

“Cashman did a really good job not trading anyone [they’ll] miss,” said one longtime rival American League talent evaluator who gene