Aaron Boone suspects Yankees are ‘probably not finished’ this offseason as big questions linger
NY Post
Another day, another AL East team making a big splash, and the only white smoke around Yankee Stadium is coming out of fans’ ears given their frustration over a quiet offseason to date.
Though the Yankees’ top offseason priority, Cody Bellinger, remains unsigned and available for them to ultimately land, that seems to be of little solace to an impatient fan base wanting deals done now with the rest of the AL East only getting better.
“The one thing is, I know we have a really good team right now — we have a lot of really good players on our roster,” manager Aaron Boone said Friday before handing out food and toys to local families at NYPD’s 44th Precinct in The Bronx.
“It’s probably not finished, there’ll be tweaks I’m sure up until spring training. So whatever happens, our expectation is that we’re going to be really good and that’ll be our focus, on getting ready. … That’s the front office doing their thing and working through.
“It always takes more than just us to tango. It takes sometimes other clubs, obviously free agents and the opportunities they have in front of them. However it lands, my expectation is that we’re going to be really good and that’s how we’ll prepare.”
Boone was talking shortly after the Orioles finalized a trade to land Rays right-hander Shane Baz, who joined Pete Alonso, Taylor Ward and Ryan Helsley as Baltimore’s big offseason acquisitions.
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