Yankees Still Seen As Top Landing Spot For Superstar Despite Rumored Price
The New York Yankees may be done adding to the starting rotation this offseason. Although that is the case, New York still is being linked to some of the available hurlers. The Yankees likely won’t make a move unless the rumored asking price goes down, but New York still could surprise some people. The top free agent option still available to help fix the starting rotation certainly is 2023 National League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell. New York has been linked to Snell on multiple occasions and even has offered him a contract, but nothing has come to fruition yet.
While this is the case, a move still could be on the horizon if Snell’s asking price drops to a range that New York is comfortable with. Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller compiled a list of the top possible landing spots for Snell and had the Yankees at No. 5. “The only money they’ve spent since making that $300 million offer to (Yoshinobu Yamamoto) was the $37 million they gave to (Marcus Stroman),” Miller said. “So, why couldn’t they go for broke and sign Snell?
They did make him an offer shortly before signing Stroman and were reportedly nowhere close to meeting Snell’s demands. But maybe his demands will go down as spring training approaches. Or perhaps New York’s willingness to spend on Snell will increase as it remembers just how disappointing the non-Gerrit Cole portion of the rotation was in 2023.” A move certainly still should be considered unlikely, but stranger things have happened.
