This is the first of many big decisions the Yankees will have to make in what should be a very busy offseason for the franchise. After watching the Red Sox win their fourth World Series over the last 15 years Sunday night the Yankees are going to do everything in their power this winter to build a team that can knock of the defending champs in 2019.
With that being the case we can all pretty much assume that there’s no way the Yanks will pick up Gardner’s pricey option for 2019. Now I’d say there’s still a decent chance that Gardner will be back for his 12th season in pinstripes but he’s going to have to take a huge pay cut for that to happen.