The New York Yankees have several players that reached free agency after the World Series. Only one was offered a qualifying offer, DJ LeMahieu, who the Yankees will battle to get him back into Yankee pinstripes. Most of the others will not be Yankees next year. The two exceptions could be Masahiro Tanaka and the other, outfielder Brett Gardner.
Both of these Yankees had sub-par seasons. Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka ran out of gas and had a mostly pitiful second half and postseason. Gardner was the opposite; he had a very average season after having a break out year in 2019.