With spring training a little over two weeks away, the free agent pool has dwindled to a handful of impact players propping up an otherwise uninspiring assortment of roughly replacement-level players. Much of this remaining group is either too expensive for the Yankees’ self-imposed budget, or do not move the needle enough to merit consideration. One of the few players who may yet catch the Yankees’ eye is Jeremy Jeffress.
Once a member of the vaunted trio at the back end of Milwaukee’s bullpen — Jeffress, Josh Hader, and Corey Knebel — Jeffress was released by the Brewers in 2019 after totaling a 5.