Mistakes the Yankees Should Avoid during Winter Meetings

Brian Cashman

          Brian Cashman has done plenty of things right this Offseason, such as acquiring Didi Gregorious from the Diamondbacks, and signing Andrew Miller to bolster their bullpen. But with tomorrow being Day 3 of the Winter Meetings, what should they be avoiding?

1. Signing Max Scherzer

Max Scherzer

            Now with the Yankees about to get a first round draft pick in the 2015 draft, should the Yankees really give that up for another 30 year old free agent? To me if there is any pitcher on the market that is worth it, its Scherzer. However with that being said the Yankees need to explore the options before jumping into a long term deal. Even though Scherzer has had better numbers than the other big name options like Jon Lester and James Shields, people seem to be forgetting that if the Yankees were to sign one of these elite starters they would most likely not be the Yankees ace. If Masahiro Tanaka is able to return as dominant as the first half of the 2014 season, then there is no doubt that the pitcher signed would be fill the #2 spot in the rotation. Even though the rotation would be stronger with Scherzer filling that role someone like Jon Lester might be the better overall option considering he is not attached with a draft pick and it would add another lefty to the rotation besides CC Sabathia.

Chase Headley 

2. Signing Chase Headley

           Right now one of the worst possible things the Yankees could do right now is sign Chase Headley. Now I know that currently the infield is a problem for the Yankees, but is having Martin Prado who with the Diamondbacks was pretty much their regular third baseman really that much of a problem? The way I see it is signing Chase Headley would move Prado to second, which would restrict prospects like Rob Refsnyder and Jose Pirela from reaching the majors. Now if I recall correctly, many Yankees fans last year were screaming for Refsnyder to come up and play 2B, and now that feeling has changed because now there is a 31 year old  3rd baseman that has below average offensive numbers? Now I get that we had Headley for the second half of the season but that was also when there wasn't anyone able to play RF besides Ichiro and Carlos Beltran so Prado was playing in RF a good amount of time. Also Derek Jeter was at SS and he needed to DH a decent amount of the time. Now with the OF full and with their being a good current infield the Yankees don't need to make anymore additions to the infield unless they manage to get some electric 3B/2B player like Ian Kinsler or Manny Machado, but I very much doubt something like that would happen so with the current options I say stick with the infield we currently have.