This article is going to involve a lot of projections, please don’t yell at me about projections, you can put your faith in them, or not, but we’re gonna use ‘em today. The Yankees are currently projected to be tied for the second best record in baseball, at 92 wins, although once Matt Chapman’s projections are wrapped in I imagine the Jays will be slightly better than them.
They’re also projected to have an Opening Day payroll of $251.5 million, past both the first and second CBT thresholds, making it hard to imagine any trade deadline moves without clever accounting like in 2021.