Yankees Podcast: Still Waiting on DJ LeMahieu
When will the Yankees re-sign the team's best player?
DJ LeMahieu is still a free agent and the Yankees still haven’t improved their roster or rotation.
When will the Yankees re-sign the team's best player?
DJ LeMahieu is still a free agent and the Yankees still haven’t improved their roster or rotation.
The two-time Cy Young winner is worth the gamble
Once the New Year arrives, the countdown to pitchers and catchers is on. If it remains as scheduled, there’s not much time for the Yankees to improve their roster, which they drastically need to.
The right-hander has made five starts since the end of 2018
How did we get here? Here being Luis Severino having pitched 20 1/3 innings for the Yankees since October 2018. Let’s go through it all.
Even with league's highest payroll, Yankees are in desperate need of starting pitching
If you can supposedly never have enough starting pitching, the Yankees have decided to not really have any at all.
There's nothing actually preventing Yankees from re-signing their best player
The Yankees need to add to what they were last season, not subtract from it, and certainly not subtract their leadoff hitter, their one true contact hitter and the most versatile defensive player on their roster.
The Yankees have yet to do anything to improve their roster for 2021
It’s been nearly three months since the Yankees’ season ended and they have done nothing to improve their roster since then.
These resolutions failed miserably last year, so let's try them again
I’m doubling down on my 2020 New Year’s Resolutions for 2021, all of which revolve around Aaron Boone. I can’t control the decisions of the Yankees manager, though I can control how I react to them.
Zack Britton is back, but Brett Gardner isn't (for now)
Zack Britton will be a Yankee in 2021 and 2022. As of now, Brett Gardner isn’t a Yankee, but that’s likely to change the way it has in recent offseasons.
The Yankees made their first two moves of the offseason
The Yankees are bringing back Zack Britton for 2021 and 2022, but for now, they’re not bringing back Brett Gardner.
The Yankees desperately need to bring back the team's best player
I can’t imagine the 2021 Yankees without LeMahieu. Or rather, I don’t want to imagine the 2021 Yankees without him.