It’s 2024, and the New York Yankees still have offseason work to do on their rotation.

One of those items should be to acquire Cleveland Guardians ace Shane Bieber, according to The Athetlic’s Chris Kirschner in a story published Tuesday. Bieber thrived under the tutelage of Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake when he was with Cleveland.

A package centered around Everson Pereira, who struggled after getting called up, could entice Cleveland, especially with the power he showed in the minors. Attaching a good pitching prospect like Henry Lalane should show the Guardians how serious they are about adding Bieber.

Blake spent four seasons in Cleveland, the last three as assistant director of player development.

“Matt had a lot of ideas of how to add (the curveball) to my repertoire and the pitch had a lot to do with the success I had last year,” Bieber told The New York Post in 2019. “He worked with me on when to throw it, how to get more spin on it and what counts it was most effective.”

Kirschner acknowledged his proposal may be too steep for the Yankees because Bieber is a year away from free agency and far from the dominant pitcher of his peak, though he’s only 28. But the Yankees’ trade for Juan Soto showed they’re serious about contending in 2023, and their rotation includes Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón, Clarke Schmidt, Nestor Cortes and Clayton Beeter — too many question marks. Bieber posted a 3.80 ERA, 1.23 WHIP and 107 strikeouts in 128 innings (21 starts) last season as he missed two months with elbow inflammation.

While he sports a career 3.27 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and 10.2 K/9 mark, he hasn’t reached a strikeout per inning since 2021. Bieber won the AL Cy Young in the COVID-shortened 2020 season when he went 8-1 with a league-leading 1.63 ERA over 77 1/3 innings with 14.2 K/9. He’s a command pitcher with subpar fastball velocity (91.3 mph in 2023).

The Athetlic’s Ken Rosenthal reported that the small-market Guardians would consider moving Bieber but they’d ask for a haul that may not be representative of his value right now.

Would Pereira, the 22-year-old who had 14 hits in 93 at-bats in the majors, and Lalane, a 19-year-old, 6-foot-7 pitching prospect who reached rookie ball last season, be enough? Pereira (No. 3) — potentially a “well-rounded center fielder” and Lalane (No. 8) — potentially the “best lefthander New York has developed since Jordan Montgomery”— were recently ranked among the Yankees’ top prospects by Baseball America.