I'm starting this early but it's because I want to get a sense of what NY actually will have on the roster already, and where if anywhere, they might try to spend big.
C: Wells, Trevino (40 man; Rortvedt, Ramirez)
Wells has vaulted himself onto the opening day roster next year with this weekend's performance, it's his spot to lose. Higgy was drafted by NY and has been in the organization that entire time, but I think that comes to an end after the season.
1B: Rizzo
2B: Torres, Peraza
SS: Volpe
3B: LeMahieu, Cabrera
LF: Pereira, Florial
CF: Dominguez
RF: Judge
DH: Stanton
No space for McKinney or Bauers on this roster, sorry. Also they move on from the beloved yet pretty awful IKF.
SP:
Cole
Rodon
Cortes
Schmidt
King
(German)
Beeter
Gomez
That is just the guys on the 40 man, Hampton and Thorpe in AA should be options too.
RP:
Vasquez
Brito
Kahnle
Hamilton
Effross
Trivino
Loaisiga
Holmes
That's assuming all of those guys are healthy, but also NY might try to bring back Wandy since they have no other lefties there.
(40 man: Gil, Marinaccio, Weissert, Cordero, Abreu, Barclay)
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That's only 36 guys on the 40 man, so plenty of flexibility there. I'm not sure NY goes after any big money guys this winter, there will be a lot of money chasing the top guys. They have more possible internal solutions coming, Spencer Jones in the OF, Trey Sweeney maybe at 3B, and a handful of guys pushing for a shot in the rotation. In 2-3 years they have Roderick Arias, George Lombard Jr and Brando Mayea hopefully pushing like Dominguez did this year, all three of them are just 17-18 now.
TL/DR: If they believe a lot of these young guys will fill spots, they can take a few more swings at big money FAs, but maybe not this winter. Japanese 1B Munetaka Murakami will be posted after 2025, he will be 26 in the 2026 season and his lefty power would fit very nicely in NY. I wonder how much Blake Snell will get, or if NY would go after him with two lefties already in the rotation (Rodon/Cortes).
C: Wells, Trevino (40 man; Rortvedt, Ramirez)
Wells has vaulted himself onto the opening day roster next year with this weekend's performance, it's his spot to lose. Higgy was drafted by NY and has been in the organization that entire time, but I think that comes to an end after the season.
1B: Rizzo
2B: Torres, Peraza
SS: Volpe
3B: LeMahieu, Cabrera
LF: Pereira, Florial
CF: Dominguez
RF: Judge
DH: Stanton
No space for McKinney or Bauers on this roster, sorry. Also they move on from the beloved yet pretty awful IKF.
SP:
Cole
Rodon
Cortes
Schmidt
King
(German)
Beeter
Gomez
That is just the guys on the 40 man, Hampton and Thorpe in AA should be options too.
RP:
Vasquez
Brito
Kahnle
Hamilton
Effross
Trivino
Loaisiga
Holmes
That's assuming all of those guys are healthy, but also NY might try to bring back Wandy since they have no other lefties there.
(40 man: Gil, Marinaccio, Weissert, Cordero, Abreu, Barclay)
============================================
That's only 36 guys on the 40 man, so plenty of flexibility there. I'm not sure NY goes after any big money guys this winter, there will be a lot of money chasing the top guys. They have more possible internal solutions coming, Spencer Jones in the OF, Trey Sweeney maybe at 3B, and a handful of guys pushing for a shot in the rotation. In 2-3 years they have Roderick Arias, George Lombard Jr and Brando Mayea hopefully pushing like Dominguez did this year, all three of them are just 17-18 now.
TL/DR: If they believe a lot of these young guys will fill spots, they can take a few more swings at big money FAs, but maybe not this winter. Japanese 1B Munetaka Murakami will be posted after 2025, he will be 26 in the 2026 season and his lefty power would fit very nicely in NY. I wonder how much Blake Snell will get, or if NY would go after him with two lefties already in the rotation (Rodon/Cortes).