While the Yankees’ focus throughout the 2020-21 offseason has unquestionably been on bringing back DJ LeMahieu, it has also been quite apparent that they could use more starting pitching, especially with the likely free agent departures of Masahiro Tanaka and James Paxton. Now that LeMahieu is returning, the Yankees have indeed fixed their focus on improving the pitching staff, and one name linked to them at various points all winter has bubbled up again: Corey Kluber.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner has been limited to one MLB inning since May 1, 2019, as a comebacker broke his arm to cut 2019 short and he missed most of the abbreviated 2020 with a shoulder tear.