When it comes to the configuration of their positional group, the Yankees have many ways they could go and potentially many decisions to make.
The key word in that sentence was “potentially.” They are in wait-and-see mode because 1) they know that mainly due to injuries, many decisions are made for a front office rather than by it, and 2) they continue to remain open-minded about outside depth additions, perhaps a righty-hitting catcher or, more likely, a righty-hitting outfielder.
Without injury — and what are the chances of getting to the starting line without needing to further use the IL? — the positional locks for the Yankees are Cody Bellinger, José Caballero, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Paul Goldschmidt, Trent Grisham, Aaron Judge, Ryan McMahon, Ben Rice, Amed Rosario, Giancarlo Stanton and Austin Wells. That would leave two spots.
These are the key questions about how they fill them:
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
