A top MLB insider explained his bewilderment at the New York Yankees deciding to pass on a pursuit of a specific player still in free agency.

The CBT has increasingly become an issue for Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner. As it stands, the Yankees are a fourth-time CBT payor and expected to pay north of $43 million in luxury tax, according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts.

The New York Yankees still need, as of late January, a third baseman. Unless they want to give DJ LeMahieu and his 52 wRC+ in 2024 a starting gig there, the Yanks need to bring in someone from outside the organization.

But that is not what worries Boone. Speaking on WFAN, Boone hinted he was concerned about how this would affect the next collective bargaining negotiations.

Add New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner to the collection of franchise stewards weighing in on the Los Angeles Dodgers' spend-happy winter. While you might think that a Steinbrenner scion could relate to the Dodgers better than anyone,

Baseball fans who grew up during the so-called "Evil Empire" days of the New York Yankees under George Steinbrenner could surely never envision a time