The Yankees offseason was very mum for their standards, adding only a few components (Andrew Miller, Didi Gregorious, Justin Wilson), while bringing back others (Stephen Drew, Chase Headley, Chris Young) to fill open slots as role players. In addition, they were out bid by the rival Red Sox for Cuban prospect Yoan Moncada. The minimal action from the team is sure to have many scratching their heads asking what's next for the Bronx Bombers.
In years past the Yankees were the juggernauts of free agency, signing whomever they wanted for whatever price without a care in the world. However, the new luxury tax and revenue sharing has allowed the rest of the league to catch up. Other teams are now spending big and locking up their youth, preventing them from entering the open market where sharks like the Yankees usually lie in wait. They are now forced to sit idly as those teams build up their rosters to competitive standards. This places a greater emphasis on developing talent from within, a formula that has worked for them in previous years but has been abandoned for far too long.
As of right now the teams future still seems to be up in the air. What they choose to do will be entirely up to them. We can only hope that they learn from past mistakes and build something that can last for a long time, otherwise there could be trailing days ahead.
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