This coming offseason, the Yankees will be faced with major decisions when it comes to retaining their free agents to-be. James Paxton, Masahiro Tanaka, and DJ LeMahieu will all enter free agency at the end of the 2020 season. Barring injury, these three players will command significant contracts, and the Yankees will be looking to evaluate internal candidates as potential replacements should any of the trio depart.
After an up and down start to his season James Paxton showed down the stretch that he has the potential to be the top of the rotation arm that the Yankees were seeking when they traded for him.