Well, at the beginning of the offseason Brian Cashman said he wanted two more outfielders, and to add left-handed power to the lineup. If Alex Verdugo was the trailer, the Yankee GM now has the whole movie, adding superstar Juan Soto to the team in a deal that finally came together late Wednesday night.
The outfield is where you put your sluggers, and the Yankees historically have been no different. But in 2023 the outfield corps struggled, 25th in the league by fWAR and 23rd by wRC+, and even when Aaron Judge was in the lineup that usually meant just one above-average bat in the group.