Thoughts on the Yankees Heading Into 2021
The highly unusual 2020 baseball season ended with an all too familiar early exit for the Yankees in the AL playoffs. As we turn the page to what should me a more orthodox baseball season in just a couple of months, the Yanks will look to buck that recent trend. But these aren't your father's Yankees, they're not going to spend big this winter to do it. Let's take a look at how the team is looking with pitchers and catchers due in Tampa about two weeks from now. What, Cash worry? When the offseason started, Yankees GM Brian Cashman made it clear that the team's priority this winter would be re-signing DJ LeMahieu. That is, no other major deals would be struck until he was assured that DJ was coming back to the Bronx. This seemed a sound strategy considering that he's been the clear cut MVP of the Yankees for each of the past two seasons. LeMahieu's value to the Yankees really can't be overstated. Since signing a modest two-year, $24 million deal in 2019 ...