We’re three weeks into November and the Yankees have yet to make any serious additions to their roster. This is to be expected, as history shows that the biggest names in free agency tend to wait until late in the offseason to sign to allow their markets to develop. New York did bring back reliever Joely Rodríguez on a one-year, $2 million deal, but that’s about it. And then last Friday, we saw a flurry of late afternoon activity.
November 19th was the deadline to protect prospects from the Rule 5 Draft, and this required quite a bit of shuffling on a Yankees 40-man roster that was full less than 48 hours ago.