NEW YORK -- The text messages continued to ping on Brian Cashman's phone into Wednesday's Trade Deadline, a flood of short-hand proposals wrapped in blue or green digital bubbles. One by one, the Yankees general manager shook his head, volleying counterproposals to colleagues that went unconsummated.

Over the past several weeks, Cashman outlined three scenarios as his Yankees charge toward the postseason. The favored option would have been to add at least one front-line starting pitcher, or at least to bolster the bullpen. A distant Plan C was to bank on what was already in-house, which Cashman ultimately decided was the most prudent course of action.

“I’m disappointed that I can’t add to what I already have, which I feel good about and strong about," Cashman said after the Yankees' 7-5 win over the D-backs. "The intent and interest has always been, ‘Can I add to it?’ No regrets in terms of the effort in trying to match up with others, but for various reasons it didn’t work out, so I’m certainly disappointed."

The Astros delivered the slam-dunk of Deadline day by acquiring right-hander Zack Greinke from the D-backs, capping a wild week in which the Yankees also watched starting pitchers Marcus Stroman (Mets), Trevor Bauer (Reds) and Tanner Roark (Athletics) relocate to new cities.

Cashman's lone move on Wednesday was of the roster cleanup variety, acquiring 20-year-old Minor League left-hander Alfredo Garcia from the Rockies in exchange for right-hander Joe Harvey. Though Cashman said he engaged in discussion with every team except the Red Sox, all chats hit dead ends.

"This was a unique Deadline," Cashman said. "It felt different. The reasons for that are hard to explain, other than the fact that I’d say most everything was out of reach from my dialogues. But we stayed at it and tried to see if the prices were going to change."

In many cases, opponents' requests were too rich for the Yankees' tastes. For example, MLB Network insider Jon Heyman reported on Wednesday that as the D-backs dangled left-hander Robbie Ray, they requested outfielder Clint Frazier, right-handed pitching prospect Clarke Schmidt and additional players.

Other big names, like the Giants' Madison Bumgarner, were unavailable despite media reports to the contrary. Cashman said that he had dialogue with the Mets' Brodie Van Wagenen, even though industry sources believed a crosstown trade was a long shot. Noah Syndergaard and Zack Wheeler stayed put, and flipping Stroman to the Bronx was not thought to be in play for the Mets.

"I feel comfortable with walking away from everything that was in front of me, because those weren’t real opportunities as far as my conversations were going," Cashman said.

Squeezing bulk out of the rotation remains the Yankees' prime concern, seeking calmer waters during a 10-game stretch in which starters have permitted 56 earned runs in 41 1/3 innings, a 12.19 ERA.

Domingo Germán and J.A. Happ turned in solid efforts before Masahiro Tanaka held Arizona to two runs over four-plus innings on Wednesday. James Paxton has been up and down in his first season wearing pinstripes, while CC Sabathia is expected to return from the injured list within two weeks.

"I have total faith in Brian and their staff in that they’re always going to do what’s best for this organization," manager Aaron Boone said. "So the fact that something didn’t happen means it didn’t match up. We’re ready to roll and move forward now that this day is officially behind us.”

Cashman was asked if he regrets not pursuing Patrick Corbin and Dallas Keuchel more feverishly when both starters were free agents.

"If you turn the clock back to Corbin, there’s a lot of guys sitting in that locker room that wouldn’t be here, because all that money would have gone in one direction," Cashman said. "It’s all inter-related. … We repackaged that money and produced various assets like DJ LeMahieu and [Adam Ottavino], amongst others. That might not have materialized if we went all in on one particular player."

The Yankees must now bank on the health of Luis Severino, who could help as a starter or reliever but is still only at the flat-ground stage of his recovery from a right lat strain. Reliever Dellin Betances could be on a mound shortly after Severino, while Jonathan Loaisiga pitched two innings for Double-A Trenton on Tuesday and may soon be a bullpen option.

Others on the injured list expected to impact the Yankees' second-half drive include catcher Gary Sánchez, outfielder/designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton, first baseman Luke Voit and outfielder Brett Gardner.

"We feel like this is a damn good roster," Cashman said. "I think we can compete, we feel, with anybody in the game. We’re going to look to hopefully add from our injured list. We have some pretty good star-studded guys sitting there waiting in the wings."