The case for the New York Yankees to "soft buy" swept the Beat Writer-verse on Monday and Tuesday, with the locals tempering expectations as the big club continues to flounder. If that ends up being the case, and the Yankees do hold onto their top assets without sacrificing future flexibility, that either means Jim Bowden's final guess was wildly inaccurate or the prices dropped.
The extremely plugged in Joel Sherman — who predicted both the Ryan McMahon and Amed Rosario additions — seems to fall somewhere in between.