Newsday | Erik Boland: As spring training draws closer, Boland offered an early 26-man roster prediction with five starters, eight relievers, and 13 position players. Position player-wise, he sees both Josh Donaldson and Aaron Hicks as Opening Day starters at third base and left field, respectively, with Oswaldo Cabrera and Isiah Kiner-Falefa going to the bench.
Jurickson Profar, the 29-year-old outfielder who just flourished in his first season with over 600 plate appearances, still needs a contract. After accumulating 2.5 Wins Above Replacement, per FanGraphs, with a 110 wRC+, Profar declined his $7.5 million option for 2023, hoping to wrangle more money on the open market. In a world where Kevin Kiermaier (an elite but aging defensive center fielder who has been a below-average hitter for his entire career) received a one-year, $9 million deal from the Blue Jays and Joey Gallo (who hit .160 last year) got $12 million to join the Twins, surely Profar can secure the money he is looking for. The Yankees, meanwhile, are gearing up for another season of the Aaron Hicks experience.
Otherworldly, the Martian, the next Mickey Mantle or simply Mike Trout: These are the designations that were broadcast across the baseball world about Jasson Dominguez when he inked a franchise-record international contract with the Yankees. In 2019, the Bombers signed Dominguez — who was arguably the highest-touted international prospect in MLB history — to a contract with a $5.1 million signing bonus. Talent evaluators across the baseball industry were bullish on the eye-popping tools of the Dominican native with rankings as high as the No. 32 prospect in the game — according to MLB Pipeline — without even stepping foot on a minor-league diamond.
No | Player | Pos |
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84 | P | |
P | ||
45 | P | |
50 | P | |
65 | P | |
59 | P | |
83 | P | |
55 | P | |
81 | P | |
89 | P | |
35 | P | |
48 | P | |
34 | P | |
P | ||
43 | P | |
97 | P | |
47 | P | |
58 | P | |
55 | P | |
86 | P | |
40 | P | |
56 | P | |
P | ||
85 | P |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
66 | C | |
38 | C | |
39 | C |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
28 | 3B | |
12 | SS | |
26 | 3B | |
91 | SS | |
48 | 1B | |
25 | 2B |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
22 | CF | |
95 | RF | |
90 | CF | |
90 | CF | |
31 | LF | |
99 | RF | |
93 | CF |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
27 | DH |