Gerrit Cole will be a Cy Young finalist, but not win the award.Ĭole’s been everything the Yankees wanted in his first two seasons, but he’s come up just shy of real end-of-season hardware. Buster Olney has speculated more than once that, once this lockout is dealt with, there’s a trade to be made between New York and Oakland, and hopefully it leads to the Yankees landing a slugger at the cold corner. I think we know, deep down, the Yankees are going to opt for the stopgap route when it comes to shortstop, but Olson in particular makes so much sense for the club’s needs and competitive window. There are two real first base options who could both be better than incumbent Luke Voit, almost certainly have a better reasonable expectation of health, and are both left-handed hitters - Matt Olson on the trade market and Freddie Freeman in free agency. There doesn’t seem to be much momentum towards the Yankees landing Carlos Correa, and obviously Corey Seager is spoken for. The Yankees will acquire a better first baseman than a shortstop. Please note that every prediction that comes true will be relentlessly trumpeted as a sign of my own genius, while every incorrect prediction will be blamed on editorial oversight. We can only hope for the best out of 2022, but here’s how I actually think the season will break down, both from the Yankees perspective and the game as a whole. There are a lot of reasons to be relieved that 2021 is over, not the least of which being that we can finally close the book on what’s been a pretty disappointing calendar year for the Yankees, Gerrit Cole, Aaron Judge, and Jonathan Loáisiga notwithstanding.
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