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Yankees: What is going on with JA Happ’s 2021 option?

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 06: J.A. Happ #33 of the New York Yankees reacts after allowing a two run home run to Mike Zunino (not pictured) of the Tampa Bay Rays during the second inning in Game Two of the American League Division Series at PETCO Park on October 06, 2020 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Um, are the Yankees and JA Happ about to go to an independent arbiter to talk about his 2021 contract?

Yankees fans have spent the offseason fretting about the team’s attempt to ball on a budget, with DJ LeMahieu and Masahiro Tanaka’s future contracts far from a certainty at this point.