The 2018-19 free agent class has the potential to change the landscape of baseball. In Manny Machado and Bryce Harper, there are two 26-year-old mega-talents available for nothing but cash (and, in Harper’s case, a draft pick and international bonus money), and those guys do not come around often. They have the ability to sway a division race, a pennant race, and a World Series race all by themselves. They’re that good.
The Yankees are in the business of acquiring superstars — or at least they used to be at one point — and they have kinda sorta been connected to Machado in recent weeks.