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PHILADELPHIA Dave Dombrowski is focused on three areas of the Phillies’ roster, which he laid out Tuesday on MLB Network Radio with Spring Training scheduled to begin next month.
“We need to help our bullpen. Right now, we need a catcher.
“Probably, right now, we would also look a little bit at the shortstop position.”
Dombrowski did not mention center field, but there could be reasons for that. It is possible they give Roman Quinn (.213/.261/.315) and Adam Haseley (.278/.348/.342) another opportunity to prove themselves, particularly if Dombrowski believes they will re-sign J.T. Realmuto and acquire an everyday shortstop.
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Yankees, DJ LeMahieu deal may take until MLB gains clarity on COVID-19 situation | New timeline for negotiations
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Many top free agents might hold off until MLB knows more about the coronavirus situation and how it might affect 2021, a person with knowledge of talks between the Yankees and DJ LeMahieu tells NJ Advance Media.AP
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Heading into the holiday season, the Yankees and DJ LeMahieu don’t appear much closer to making a deal, a person with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media on Wednesday night. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly.
Yankees’ Brian Cashman shopping for starting pitching to add ‘more certain innings’ now and avoid ‘scrambling’ later
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman will be working the phones this winter looking for starting pitching.Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has made it quite clear that job No. 1 this winter is to re-sign free-agent second baseman DJ LeMahieu. But after that? One word: pitching.
Cashman is staring at as many as three holes in the starting rotation with the possible (and/or likely) departure of free agents Masahiro Tanaka, J.A. Happ and James Paxton.
Mets and Blue Jays are reportedly frontrunners to land George Springer Follow Us
Question of the Day By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times - Monday, December 21, 2020
There hasn’t been much high-profile free agent movement so far this offseason in MLB, but one of the biggest names on the market appears to have two main suitors.
The New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays are the two likeliest landing spots for former Houston Astros star George Springer, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
“Executives believe this is a two-team race between the duo seen as the likely biggest spenders this winter,” Passan wrote.