A mark of a great front office is the ability to identify bounce-back candidates and undervalued players and gobble them up before they prove that the league's general opinion of them was incorrect. The mark of a poor one is waiting until an underperforming player breaks out and then pouncing to pay top-of-market dollars for his services. Where do the New York Yankees stand?
Firmly in that second camp, if the latest rumors are to be believed. The Yankees are in search of a right-handed bat for the infield. The lineup as a whole is entirely too left-handed, and Ryan McMahon's troubling offensive performance has the club looking for a platoon partner, if not an outright replacement.