What's Happening to the Yankees?

     The 2013 New York Yankees might have arguably had their worst offseason in a long time. They lost Nick Swisher, Raul Ibanez, Russell Martin, Eric Chavez, and Rafael Soriano to free agency. They then lost Alex Rodriguez to hip surgery and in the first spring game, they lost Curtis Granderson for 10 weeks after getting hit on the hand. To make matters worse Mark Teixeira is now out 8-10 weeks with a sprained right wrist. The Yankees have now lost a staggering 141 home runs between those players. That accounts for nearly 58% of their home runs last season.

Cashman has a lot to worry about this season

     This season the Yankees will certainly look a lot different. They will have to use their speed, pitching, and defense to win games. No longer are they the Bronx Bombers. They will no longer lead the league in home runs and no longer but that juggernaut of an offensive like they usually are. The loss of Teixeira really dampers the outlook for this team to begin the season.

      They will now be forced to have to replace not only Granderson but now Tex too. In house replacements include Juan Rivera, Dan Johnson, and A-Rod’s replacement Kevin Youkilis. If they go the route of putting Youk back to first they then will have to fill the whole at third. If I were Girardi, I would see what Eduardo Nunez could do for your team at third. After at, it won’t hurt.