New York Yankees fans better hope Charles Dickens’ persuasive past, present, and future spirits visit Hal Steinbrenner this Christmas. That’s the only way the Bombers will receive the gift of a major free-agent pitcher.
An MLB executive told the New York Post’s Joel Sherman that Steinbrenner seems determined to hoard his coins:
“I don’t believe Hal Steinbrenner any longer authorizes seven years or more at the dollars it is going to take for any pitcher,” the source told Sherman.
The unnamed exec was of course referring to Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg, the top 2019 free-agent pitching prizes.