New York Yankees: How Do They Approach the 2012 Offseason/Free Agency Period?

The 2011 season is coming closer to ending each week and each passing day.

This Wednesday will start the World Series, which will feature the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals.

Once the Fall Classic is over, teams will start to prepare for free agency and possible trades to rebuild and reload for the 2012 season.

For the Yankees, they have some question marks surrounding their team heading into the winter.

This will be the third time I’ve done a winter preview speculating as to what the Yankees need to do this winter.

Back in 2009, after the Yankees won the World Series, it looked like the Yankees might try to get Roy Halladay to bolster an already good rotation, but after he was dealt to the Phillies, the Yankees instead made a trade for Curtis Granderson.

Then in 2010, after the Yankees were eliminated in the ALCS by the Rangers, everyone thought the Yankees would land Cliff Lee in free agency, but he too went to the Phillies and their biggest moves were signing Russell Martin and Rafael Soriano.

Here we are now in 2011, wondering what the Yankees will do once the season officially ends and the World Series concludes.

What could be on the list for the Yankees this winter? Let’s find out.