MLB might be mired in a lockout right now, but sometime in the future, that lockout will lift, and the Yankees will be able to sign free agents. Maybe, with a new CBA in place and more certainty about future luxury tax thresholds, the Yankees will go out and sign big names, like Carlos Correa or Freddie Freeman.
Or perhaps they’ll sign Brett Gardner. Given how quiet the Yankees have been even as the rest of the league went on a spending spree, lower-end moves certainly feel more likely than a big splash. And, as frustrating as it may sound, there is at least some merit to bringing back the Yankees’ elder statesman to fill out the fringes of the roster.