The Yankees and their fans likely have a bad taste in their mouths when it comes to giving out big contracts to 30-year-old southpaws. No one would blame them, as Carlos Rodón’s six-year $162 million deal from last offseason got off to about as bad a start as one could envision. There are five years remaining to right the ship on the nine-figure deal — or to perhaps lament it even more.
This offseason, there is another top of the line lefty available on the free agent market in Blake Snell. Just this past week, he was voted as the National League’s Cy Young Award winner, the second time he’s earned the honor in his eight-year career thus far.