The MLB Tonight panel discusses the Yankees' chances to sign Bryce Harper or Manny Machado
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TAMPA, Fla. -- For Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, the work began almost immediately after the team's American League Division Series exit at the hands of the eventual World Series champion Red Sox, with the baseball operations department challenged to analyze areas of deficiency and improve those results for 2019.
Though managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner spoke openly about the need to upgrade the starting rotation and a desire to reclaim the American League East from the Red Sox, there was also an understanding that New York was coming off a 100-victory season -- its highest total since 2009 -- and that any upgrades might be incremental in nature.