DJ LeMahieu #26 of the New York Yankees in action against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on August 14, 2020 in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Red Sox 10-3. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Will the Yankees really cry poor and claim DJ LeMahieu AND Zack Britton are too luxurious for their blood?
We thought we knew every trick in the Yankees’ budget handbook by now, but when the team finally made the expenditure we’d all been clamoring for in Dec. 2019 when Gerrit Cole joined the family, we kind of believed those days were over.