They inked Cody Bellinger to a five-year, $162.5 million contract and extended a qualifying offer to Trent Grisham after both opted out of their contracts. They also re-signed Ryan Yarbrough, Amed Rosario and Paul Blackburn, electing to basically enter 2026 with their 2025 roster, with the hope for better injury luck. But it feels entirely possible that the Yankees are once again sitting in second place in August and wishing they had pursued that outside top free-agent arm or bat to push their roster over the top.

They inked Cody Bellinger to a five-year, $162.5 million contract and extended a qualifying offer to Trent Grisham after both opted out of their contracts. They also re-signed Ryan Yarbrough, Amed Rosario and Paul Blackburn, electing to basically enter 2026 with their 2025 roster, with the hope for better injury luck. But it feels entirely possible that the Yankees are once again sitting in second place in August and wishing they had pursued that outside top free-agent arm or bat to push their roster over the top.

They inked Cody Bellinger to a five-year, $162.5 million contract and extended a qualifying offer to Trent Grisham after both opted out of their contracts. They also re-signed Ryan Yarbrough, Amed Rosario and Paul Blackburn, electing to basically enter 2026 with their 2025 roster, with the hope for better injury luck. But it feels entirely possible that the Yankees are once again sitting in second place in August and wishing they had pursued that outside top free-agent arm or bat to push their roster over the top.