With how the season started, I'm amazed that the Yankees managed to stay alive in the wild card chase until the last three games of the season. After the trade haul at the deadline, things are looking a hell of a lot brighter than they did previously. With Sanchez, Castro, Gregorius, and a recovering Greg Bird, they have the makings of a very good, young infield with defensive capability. Hopefully, Judge gets healthy soon, and continues to improve, because the outfield is not looking as good for next year, but in 2018, with Clint Frazier likely to be ready to contribute as a starter, it will improve.
Betances probably needs to go back to being a setup guy, because he was shaky as a closer (right now, he's completely messed up as far as control is concerned). They need to get Severino to trust his changeup to get him back in the rotation. Bryan Mitchell looks like he can contribute at the back end of the rotation. They have one more season of Sabathia (who, all in all, did much better than expected) and Tanaka pitched very well. What to do with Pineda?
There's not much in the free agent market, unless you want to pay age (Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, even Josh Reddick, who just turned 30). I wouldn't be surprised to see Cashman make some trades of some of the surplus reliever talent in the minors, as well as potentially trading Jorge Mateo in an effort to land another starting pitcher. I'm already looking forward to next year.
