I'm starting this very early, but this is what NY is working towards now, 2017 and beyond.
With very rough guesses at arb salaries, I have their salary commitments somewhere in the $170M neighborhood, with $46M to A-Rod and CC off the books after that. Even with all of their moves lately, they don't really have many holes to fill from outside:
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C: McCann, Sanchez, Romine (even if they move McCann and/or Romine, they have Higashioka seemingly ready behind these guys)
1B: Bird, Austin (Bird is said to be ahead of schedule and will play in the AFL again)
2B: Castro (Refsnyder in AAA)
SS: Didi
3B: Headley (Andujar in AA or AAA, Austin can also play 3B in a pinch)
UI: Torreyes (Mateo and/or Torres could be in the mix here if they move fast enough, but still unlikely in 2017)
OF: Gardner/Ellsbury/Judge, Hicks as 4th OF and Frazier maybe ready mid-season (if they move Gardner, they have options like Gamel and Mason Williams and Cave, Dustin Fowler maybe not far behind and Rutherford may be a very fast mover)
DH: not a dedicated spot
P: Tanaka, Eovaldi, Pineda, CC, Severino (this is NY's big issue to deal with before the 2018 season, Eovaldi/Pineda/CC are FAs after 2017 and Tanaka has an opt-out)
RP: Warren, Clippard, Betances (they have a ton of potential options for the other spots, not really worth listing)
With very rough guesses at arb salaries, I have their salary commitments somewhere in the $170M neighborhood, with $46M to A-Rod and CC off the books after that. Even with all of their moves lately, they don't really have many holes to fill from outside:
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C: McCann, Sanchez, Romine (even if they move McCann and/or Romine, they have Higashioka seemingly ready behind these guys)
1B: Bird, Austin (Bird is said to be ahead of schedule and will play in the AFL again)
2B: Castro (Refsnyder in AAA)
SS: Didi
3B: Headley (Andujar in AA or AAA, Austin can also play 3B in a pinch)
UI: Torreyes (Mateo and/or Torres could be in the mix here if they move fast enough, but still unlikely in 2017)
OF: Gardner/Ellsbury/Judge, Hicks as 4th OF and Frazier maybe ready mid-season (if they move Gardner, they have options like Gamel and Mason Williams and Cave, Dustin Fowler maybe not far behind and Rutherford may be a very fast mover)
DH: not a dedicated spot
P: Tanaka, Eovaldi, Pineda, CC, Severino (this is NY's big issue to deal with before the 2018 season, Eovaldi/Pineda/CC are FAs after 2017 and Tanaka has an opt-out)
RP: Warren, Clippard, Betances (they have a ton of potential options for the other spots, not really worth listing)