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New York Yankees: Approaching the offseason like it’s 2013

By Sean Dyer

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 20: General Manager Brian Cashman looks on during Carlos Beltran's introductory press conference at Yankee Stadium on December 20, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 20: General Manager Brian Cashman looks on during Carlos Beltran's introductory press conference at Yankee Stadium on December 20, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) /
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TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 12: Shohei Otani (Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images)
TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 12: Shohei Otani (Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images) /

Shohei Otani

Done deal. There’s no way the New York Yankees would let the Japanese Babe Ruth get away. Although the new CBA limits the financial advantage that the Yankees had when they pursued Masahiro Tanaka, Cashman would find a way to sign Otani.

A player who’s an ace on the mound and a slugger in the outfield? Put that man in pinstripes.

Otani can join his countryman Tanaka in the Yankee rotation and show off his bat while DHing the days he’s not on the hill.

Based on the current international signing rules, the Yankees have the second-most money to offer Otani so he could still end up in the Bronx despite the Yankees’ “spending limit”.

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