Before pitchers and catchers report to spring training, we’re checking in to see how each team has fared thus far this off-season, acknowledging that there’s still time for that evaluation to change. Teams will be presented in reverse order of finish from 2016. Next up: the New York Yankees.
2016 Results
84–78 (.519), fourth place in the American League East
Key Departures
IF/OF Dustin Ackley, RHP Nathan Eovaldi, RHP Nick Goody, C Brian McCann, RHP Blake Parker, LHP James Pazos, 1B Mark Teixeira
Key Arrivals
RHP Albert Abreu, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP Jorge Guzman, DH/OF Matt Holliday, SS Ruben Tejada
Off-season in Review
In the winter of 2015–16, the Yankees were the only team in baseball not to sign a major league free agent, marking the first time in the four decades of the open market system that they had shown such restraint.