Most Popular Article of the Week: Hypothetical Yankees Team After 2016: Prospects

The New York Yankees and owner Hal Steinbrenner have already put the bug in the ear of Yankees GM Brian Cashman that the team would once again attempt to get under the luxury TAX threshold either after the 2016 or 2017 season. Let’s have a little bit of fun here and pretend that the Yankees actually go from within to fill in most of the roster holes on the team to achieve this goal. What would the Yankees team look like in key positions with a prospect humpers (trademark pending) dream going out there on Opening Day 2017 for the New York Yankees?

SP: Masahiro Tanaka

SP: Michael Pineda

SP: Nathan Eovaldi

SP: Luis Severino

SP: CC Sabathia (assuming his shoulder holds up and his option triggers)

C: Brian McCann

1B: Greg Bird

2B: Robert Refsnyder

SS: Didi Gregorius

3B: Chase Headley

LF: Brett Gardner

CF: Jacoby Ellsbury

RF: Aaron Judge

DH: Alex Rodriguez

BN: Jose Pirela

BN: Jorge Mateo

BN: Ramon Flores

BN: John Ryan Murphy

RP: Chase Whitley
RP: Justin Wilson
RP: David Carpenter
RP: Jacob Lindgren
RP: Adam Warren
RP: Dellin Betances

CP: Andrew Miller