Christian
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But that whole underbelly of the bullpen, all the depth guys are gone.
They non-tendered that whole underbelly of the bullpen with the guys like Ian Hamilton and Mark Leiter Jr.
You've got to replace them from somewhere.
And you look at the starting rotation now.
Coming into the offseason, I think the Yankees are going to be players in the starting market, and they haven't been players in the starting market.
Ryan Weathers is a project, let's be honest, with his injury history, and I think ultimately he'll wind up in the bullpen for the Yankees.
They haven't liked some of the prices on some of the starting pitching, and that's why you've seen guys like Edward Cabrera and Mackenzie Gore, who I didn't really like either one of those two guys, and Freddy Peralta wind up in other places.
I think the Yankees should have been in on Freddy Peralta, but let's be honest here.
Freddy Peralta, as much as I want the Yankees to get another starter and they need another starter, Freddy Peralta is a luxury.
Would have been a luxury for the Yankees.
Adding another starter is a luxury for the New York Yankees.
And I'll tell you why.
I know some of you are going to disagree with me, and I literally just said I would add another starter.
But it's a luxury for the Yankees to get another starter.
You have Max Fried.
He's your horse.
You know, I know in Atlanta he had some injury history.
He threw a lot of innings last year.
He had the blister issue pop up.
But he's your horse.