The New York Yankees will have fewer opportunities to make roster-shaping "splash" signings this offseason than they did last year (shoutout to Plan B). According to one MLB insider, though, the Yankees' notoriously reticent-to-spend owner has his eyes on a big one (and a somewhat nonsensical one).
Per Jon Heyman, the Yankees - and, notably, Hal Steinbrenner - "like" Pete Alonso, who is once again headed for free agency after gutting the Mets like a fish mere seconds after the Fish knocked them out of the playoffs.
Alonso, the burly and eternal Mets first baseman, responded to a pair of "down" years (in which he still hit 46 and 34 home runs, respectively) with a 144 OPS+ while playing all 162 games for the second straight season.