The Yankees have had a busy winter. Juxtaposed with the glacial pace of the overall MLB offseason, they may have even appeared positively crazed over the past few months. They’ve made several signings and trades throughout the offseason, whether they’ve been re-signing veteran stalwarts, dredging the bottom of the free agent market for reclamation projects, or targeting upside via the trade market.
What this relative flurry of activity might obscure, though, is the extent to which the Yankees are simply running it back this year. Faced with the opportunity to go above and beyond this winter in order to give themselves a clear leg up on the competition, the Yankees have essentially decided to just assemble a team extremely similar to last season’s iteration.