The New York Yankees begin Spring Training in Grapefruit, Florida, on Wednesday with an eye on putting two difficult moments behind them: the World Series loss and the bitter taste of losing out to the New York Mets in the race for Juan Soto, who signed a 15-year, $765 million contract.
For the Yankees, the gamble to retain Soto was because of his age, as he would give them many years of good performance with his hitting talent, but according to Joel Sherman of The New York Post, after failing to achieve their goal, the next step in the Bronx Bombers’ strategy is a move that the Mets would not have made had they found themselves in the same situation of failing to sign the Dominican outfielder
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The Yankees‘ bid to heal the wound left by Juan Soto focused on strengthening their rotation and they signed pitcher Max Fried, who at 31 years old signed an eight-year, $218 million deal, a move that goes against the usual philosophy of the Mets, who even afterwards would be shown with Pete Alonso, who will return to Queens, for the next two years.
Yankees betting on experienced rotation
With Fried, the Yankees rotation will have a rotation with three pitchers over 30 years old led by ace Gerrit Cole (34), followed by Carlos Rodon (32), so they will have long-term talented arms to increase their chances of success according to general manager Brian Cashman, with the addition of important pieces.
“We recognize, obviously, the bigger the player, the bigger the risk for him. We recognize that with long-term contracts comes a greater risk of diminishing returns at the end. But it’s the cost of doing business to compete for a championship. So I don’t discount (the risk), but I’m not dodging it either,” Cashman said.
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