The Yankees made their first related move on December 12th, bringing back veteran Brett Gardner on a one year, $12.5 million deal with a club option for $10M in 2021. While the 36-year-old veteran is certainly capable of manning center field in 2020, he simply cannot play at his best for a full 162 games. In 2019, Gardner played in 141 games, following his 140 in 2018.
Gardner did put up decent numbers last year, posting a career-high wRC+ of 115, while nearly matching his career-high wOBA of .346 with a mark of .344 (per Fangraphs).