Earlier in the offseason, owner Hal Steinbrenner refused to acknowledge that the Yankees were a profitable franchise, and while that may have been posturing against the player's union with a potential labor stoppage looming, you also can't help but feel it was Steinbrenner's way of preparing the fans for disappointment.

Baseball’s Winter Meetings are quickly becoming a distant memory, and the MLB free agent market continues to move in fits and starts. Two big names came off the board at the Meetings, with New York Mets all-time home run leader Pete Alonso jumping to the ...