Yankees Owner Reportedly Gives Murky Answer About Club's Offseason Plans
What will the New York Yankees do this offseason?
It's clear that changes need to be made. The Yankees struggled this season and won just 82 games although the club entered the 2023 season with World Series aspirations. New York hasn't won a World Series since 2009 and it's clear something needs to be done in order for the club to not only get back to the postseason, but truly compete for a World Series title.
Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner has hinted changes are on the horizon but kept his cards close to his vest Wednesday, according to the New York Post's Joel Sherman.
"On Wednesday, Steinbrenner played to part by being revealingly unrevealing about plans for the Yankees this offseason," Sherman said. "He was at a conference and spoke in generalities about 'making some changes' and that 'some may be more subtle than others, but I think we’ve uncovered certainly things we can do better.' On reorganization, he said of, 'possibly personnel [moves]. But not necessarily personnel.'
"You could hear these words and believe what you want is coming next — Hal does ambiguous as well as his father did outrageous. Steinbrenner did not respond to an email asking for clarification. Brian Cashman, reached Wednesday, said he would not yet comment about the Yankee direction."
New York has been linked to big-name free agents already this offseason but it's unclear what will happen. Will the Yankees land someone like Chicago Cubs star Cody Bellinger? What about Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto? Will they opt for smaller moves?
It's unclear exactly what will happen but it does sound like changes are coming. But the size of those changes certainly are in question.
