By time the 2012 Winter Meetings rolled around, the Yankees had already handled most of their offseason business. They re-signed Andy Pettitte, Hiroki Kuroda, and Mariano Rivera before the calendar flipped over to December. The Yankees still needed to replace Russell Martin behind the plate and Nick Swisher in right field, plus find a DH. And of course deal with any unexpected offseason curveballs.
Now that we’re in a new month, it’s time to continue out MLB Trade Rumors archives series. The Yankees went 95-67 in 2012 and were swept by the Tigers in the ALCS, and they were very much in hang on mode.