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The Yankees are having one heck of an offseason. Last night, they agreed to a six-year, $162 million contract with lefthander Carlos Rodón, giving them the best rotation in the American League, if not in all of baseball. And they did so in addition to re-signing both Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo, giving them the three players they most needed to sign.
Indeed, New York is better now than it was last season—Rodón is a major upgrade over Jameson Taillon, who signed with the Cubs last week during the winter meetings—when it won 99 games, finished first in the AL East and came four wins short of the AL pennant (though the gap certainly felt wider than that). That said, general manager Brian Cashman still has more work to do over the next two months before spring training begins.
