Well, Brian Cashman and Hal Steinbrenner are making moves. After doing the minimum in retaining their homegrown superstar in Aaron Judge, they had to keep going. Stopping there meant the team would be exactly the same, and as we saw in the ALCS, that wasn’t nearly enough to be the top team in the American League. While the biggest holes on the team going into the offseason were and still are in the offense, Carlos Rodón provided an opportunity to make the starting rotation the absolute best in baseball, not just the best in the division.
The cost came at six years and $160 million.