Jimmy Sez

It's time for amateur GM's everywhere to start prescribing a treatment plan for the Yankees' woes. As mentioned here recently , the biggest problem in Yankeeland heading into this offseason is the large gap that still exists between the Yankees and the Houston Astros. That gap exists for two main reasons: (1) for more than twenty years the Yankees have failed miserably to turn homegrown players into everyday major leaguers, and (2) they refuse to spend the money it would take to make up for the first reason, despite being the wealthiest team in baseball. The Yankees aren't a bad team. They're just not good enough to be the top World Series contender that they say they want to be. The glaring holes in the roster are relatively easy to diagnose. However, coming up with a plan to fill those holes from the corner the Yankees have painted themselves into is a different story. Here's my amateur attempt, which has a roughly 0% chance of actually happening. Assumptions ...