
Yankees bullish on their ‘championship caliber’ roster — and challenge anyone to say otherwise
NY Post
Now that the Yankees have just about the whole band back together — the one that got knocked around in an ALDS loss to the Blue Jays — exactly why will this version have a better ending than the 2025 version?
That’s what Brian Cashman, Aaron Boone and the player that was at the center of the Yankees reunion, Cody Bellinger, tried to explain Wednesday.
The answer lies in the development of some young players — Cam Schlittler for one — a full season with their trade deadline acquisitions from last summer and, most of all, the expected return of Gerrit Cole in the first half of the season.
Cole didn’t throw a pitch last season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in the spring.
His rehab, as well as the rehab of Carlos Rodón, is going as expected, which is positive news in The Bronx.
Will it be enough, though, to get the Yankees past the Blue Jays — not to mention the improved Orioles and up-and-coming Red Sox — to win the AL East and then have a chance to upend the mighty Dodgers in the World Series?













