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sportingnews.com Matt Linder Let’s continue our look back at the 2017 Yankees with a recap of how the outfielders performed this season.  Coming into the year, there were certainly some questions marks about the outfield, particularly right field.  In spring training there was a competition between “The Aarons” for the right field opening, but nobody really knew what to expect.  Would Judge be able to be able to improve upon his September cameo in 2016?  Would Hicks, a former top prospect with loads of potential, be able to put together the caliber of performance he showed glimpses of last season.  Both players put up nice numbers in camp, but Judge won the starting spot. sportsnewsinstant.com When recapping the 2017 Yankees outfield, there is no better place to start than Aaron Judge’s awe-inspiring season.  Coming into the year, there were major doubts about Judge’s ability to handle major league pitching, even after h...

CBS New York Matt Linder Picking up where my previous article about the 2018 luxury tax situation left off, the Yankees currently have three roster openings: two for starting pitchers and one for a position player. Their payroll for 2018 sits at $137.5, leaving Brian Cashman and the rest of the front office with about $60M to play with. Will the Yankees use up all of that money to fill their three openings? Probably not. However, they certainly should not be cheap in addressing their holes. To fill those pitching spots, I would like to see them bring back CC Sabathia and Masahiro Tanaka. The reinvented CC has proven his ability to anchor the back-end of the rotation and provide veteran leadership and clutch post-season performances. The going rate for one-year deals for veteran pitchers (Ex. Bartolo Colon and RA Dickey) is about $10M. CC is certainly better than those guys, so let’s say he gets 1 year, $13M. And for Tanaka, even after coming off an up and down year, I an...