MLB Hot Stove: Bombing In The Bronx? Grading Yankees’ Offseason Moves
January 22, 2011 · Mike MacConnell · Jump to comments
Article Source: Bleacher Report - New York Yankees
Is it just me, or are there any other people scratching their heads over the Yankees’ personnel decisions this offseason?
This is the time of the year that the Pinstripes are supposed to re-tool for another run at another World Series crown, isn’t it?
So far the Yanks have failed to sign a top-tier free agent outside of Rafael Soriano who will be paid $10 million to pitch the eighth inning in front of Mariano Rivera.
Perhaps the most telling fact about the Bronx Bombers’ offseason mediocrity is the rejection of Cliff Lee when he turned down the Yankees and signed with Phillies for less money. You have to go back to 1992 to find the last time that a free agent turned down a better offer from the Yankees to sign with another team when Greg Maddux opted to sign with Atlanta rather than wear pinstripes. That’s almost 20 years!
Do the Yankees make the grade with their offseason moves thus far?
Let’s take a look at some of their notable offseason transactions. Then, you decide.
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