The off-season has slowed to a crawl, and isn’t likely to pick back up until the New Year. With that in mind, I wanted to write a bit about a player that makes a great deal of sense for the Yankees under a specific set of circumstances. Those being:
- They are willing to go over the luxury tax threshold.
- They either miss out on or choose not to pursue Bryce Harper and/or Manny Machado.
- They are willing to start Giancarlo Stanton in left field.
I don’t know the likelihood of any of these scenarios coming to bear – aside from my pessimistic certainty that neither Harper nor Machado is in the cards – but there’s not much else to think about until more chips start falling.