The New York Yankees have all signs pointing to holding onto
their first round draft pick this winter rather than sacrificing it to sign a
high-priced free agent. This would likely take them out of the bidding for the
likes of Chris Davis, Wei-Yin Chen, Yovani Gallardo and others leaving the
other 29 MLB teams to bid and sacrifice their picks. The Yankees have a total
of nine teams that can help them improve their draft status in 2016 and all they
have to go is go out, go big, spend big and bring in a big name to excite their
fan base all at the expense of their draft pick.
Just as a reminder, the first 10 picks in the draft are
protected so the best the Yankees could do conceivably, although highly
unlikely, is the 11th pick in the draft in a perfect world. New York
started out 22nd overall and have seen two first round picks
sacrificed by the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks leaving the
Yankees in the 20th position.
These nine teams can help the Yankees and here they are in
ascending order:
Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Houston Astros.
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