NEW YORK YANKEES<\/p>\n
2025 finish: 94-68 (2nd in AL East, lost in ALDS)
\nManager: Aaron Boone (697-497, 9th season)
\nLeading the front office: Brian Cashman, senior vice president and general manager (29th season)<\/p>\n
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DOLLARS AND SENSE<\/p>\n
Largest luxury tax hit: OF Cody Bellinger ($44.8 million)
\nTop returning players: OF Aaron Judge (10.1 fWAR), Bellinger (4.9), 2B Jazz Chisholm Jr. (4.4)
\nTop returning starting pitchers: LHP Max Fried (4.8), LHP Carlos Rodon (3.2), RHP Will Warren (2.1)
\nTop returning relievers: RHP David Bednar (0.8), RHP Fernando Cruz (0.8), RHP Camilo Doval (0.1)<\/p>\n
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ROSTER WATCH<\/p>\n
Key additions: LHP Ryan Weathers (trade), SS Paul DeJong (minors), OF Seth Brown (minors), RHP Angel Chivilli (trade), RHP Rafael Montero (minors), RHP Dylan Coleman (minors), OF Randal Grichuk (minors)
\nKey losses: RHP Devin Williams (free agent), RHP Mark Leiter Jr. (free agent), RHP Luke Weaver (free agent), INF D.J. LeMahieu (free agent), RHP Marcus Stroman (free agent), RHP Ian Hamilton (free agent), RHP Scott Effross (free agent), OF Austin Slater (free agent), RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (free agent), RHP Jake Cousins (free agent)
\nBaseball America top-100 prospects: SS George Lombard (46), RHP Elmer Rodriguez (59), SS Dax Kilby (61), RHP Carlos Lagrange (93)<\/p>\n
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TAMPA, FLORIDA \u2013 FEBRUARY 25: Ryan Weathers #40 of the New York Yankees pitches in the first inning against the Washington Nationals during a Grapefruit League spring training game at George M. Steinbrenner Field on February 25, 2026 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar\/Getty Images)
\nKEEP AN EYE ON<\/p>\n
RHP Gerrit Cole was back to facing hitters early in spring training after losing all of 2025 to Tommy John surgery. He should return at some point this season. In the interim, the Yankees will hope that RHP Cam Schlittler\u2019s back inflammation doesn\u2019t sideline him long and that LHP Ryan Weathers, a former Padres first-rounder, acclimates quickly after the trade from Miami.
\nWith Trent Grisham (34 HRs, .811 OPS) accepting a qualifying offer and Cody Bellinger (29 HRs, .813 OPS) returning after flirty with free agency, the Yankees boast the game\u2019s best outfield. Aaron Judge, of course, leads the way after mashing 53 homers (1.144 OPS) on the way to his third MVP in the last four years.
\nLa Costa Canyon grad Spencer Jones has yet to make his MLB debut, but he has nothing left to prove in the minors after hitting 35 homers in 116 games (.932 OPS) split between Double-A and Triple-A. If only there was room in that Yankee outfield.<\/p>\n
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