Source: New York Post
Understand that if Juan Soto was retained, the Yankees baseball department was operating with a belief — according to outside executives and player representatives who had been in contact with Yankees officials — that Hal Steinbrenner would permit about another $12 million-$15 million in total offseason spending, maybe more if they were able to offload Trent Grisham’s $5 million or some of Marcus Stroman’s $18 million. Access the Yankees beat like never before Don’t miss Greg Joyce’s text messages from The Bronx and beyond — he’s giving Sports+ subscribers the inside buzz on the Yankees. Sign Up Now So that would mean no Max Fried, Cody Bellinger and perhaps not even Paul Goldschmidt — or Grisham.
