If they indeed lose out on a right-handed hitting third baseman, the Yankees should respond by signing a lefty-swinging outfielder.
OK, maybe it’s not that simple. Yet Nolan Arenado’s progress on a multi-year extension with the Rockies, which would remove him from next offseason’s free-agent market if the deal gets completed, should remind the Yankees that a good plan today trumps a perfect plan for 270 tomorrows from now.
And a good plan today starts with Bryce Harper.
Look, let’s not get too nuts over this development. First of all because Arenado hasn’t agreed to terms as far as we know — Rockies CEO Dick Monfort stoked the Hot Stove embers by telling MLB.