The Yankees’ offseason successfully started on Oct. 8, the day they had been eradicated by the Blue Jays within the ALDS. It was one more far-too-early begin to the winter for the franchise with 27 rings — however none since 2009. It was additionally a regression from 2024, when the Yankees received their first pennant in 15 years earlier than dropping the World Sequence to the Dodgers in 5 video games.
So, there may be work to be executed even to get the Yanks again to their ’24 degree, a lot much less to MLB’s mountaintop. Listed below are three objectives they need to hope to attain throughout the remainder of the offseason.
However a reunion with Bellinger simply makes a lot sense. He completely liked hitting at Yankee Stadium, with 18 homers and a .302/.365/.544 slash line over 337 plate appearances within the Bronx. Nevertheless, Bellinger’s athleticism and flexibility are simply as vital, if no more so, than his bat for the Yankees.
His skill to play all three outfield positions in addition to first base offers the Yanks that rather more flexibility. With him again within the fold, New York can preserve Aaron Decide in proper subject and let Bellinger and Grisham deal with the duties in heart. With out Bellinger, New York might have to make use of Decide a good quantity in heart, a place he spent 105 video games at in 2024. However the membership would reasonably not have its 33-year-old franchise participant answerable for masking all that grass.
That is a key purpose why Bellinger is a greater match than Kyle Tucker, the offseason’s No. 1 free agent. Sure, the Yankees will kick the tires on Tucker, who is eighteen months youthful than Bellinger. However he’s restricted to a corner-outfield spot. Plus, his price ticket is more likely to be a lot increased.
2. Add extra pitching depth in all places
3. Work out what to do with ‘The Martian’
He garnered comparisons to Mike Trout and Mickey Mantle as a teen. He appeared like a can’t-miss star — a switch-hitting slugger with the athleticism to play wherever within the outfield and steal 30-plus bases. However now heading into 2026, it appears like Jasson Domínguez’s profession in New York is already at a crossroads.
He scuffled to a .236/.300/.318 slash line throughout the second half of this previous season, was relegated to being a bench bat down the stretch and performed just one inning throughout the playoffs. And, for all the hype surrounding his defensive expertise, “The Martian” was one of many worst outfielders in 2025, logging a minus-10 outs above common in left subject.
Nonetheless simply 22 years previous, Domínguez clearly possesses gobs of potential. If the staff cannot work out a deal for Bellinger or Tucker, or if it believes high outfield prospect Spencer Jones is not fairly prepared, Domínguez would possibly get one other shot at prolonged enjoying time. But when the Yankees do make one other outfield addition, they may do one thing that will have appeared unfathomable not too way back and resolve to commerce Domínguez to improve the roster elsewhere.
