The New York Yankees have failed to exercise Brett Gardner’s 2021 option for $10 million, which lead them to pay him $2.5 million to be a Yankee no longer. This drama will likely go on for a while. Simultaneously, both the Yankees and Brett Gardner will try to figure out what they are doing. There are many teams that would be willing to pick up Gardner, even at his age. The fact is that he is still better than an average player. You can’t just look at batting average to tell of his worth.
Gardner has always said he wants to retire as a Yankee.