5 Dream Free-Agent Pickups for New York Yankees
November 3, 2014 · Kenny DeJohn · Jump to comments
Article Source: Bleacher Report - New York Yankees
You can’t always get what you want, but the New York Yankees will do their darnedest this offseason to lock up some of their dream free-agent targets before other teams can get their hands on them.
General manager Brian Cashman has some work to do. His Bombers finished the 2014 season with an underwhelming record of 84-78. Carlos Beltran and Masahiro Tanaka, two of his key free-agent signings from last offseason, missed significant time with injuries. Brian McCann didn’t get hot until July, and his start to the season was difficult to watch.
Jacoby Ellsbury was mostly what Cashman was looking for when he was signed last winter, but even he could bring some more consistency to the table next season.
For the most part, Cashman succeeded in signing his dream free agents just a year ago. Tanaka and McCann were high atop his list, while Beltran and Ellsbury became priorities when Robinson Cano spurned the team for the Seattle Mariners.
Will Cashman be successful in luring this year’s top targets in? Only time will tell, of course. These are the guys who are likely high on his wish list as things stand right now.
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