How Big Do the Yankees Play In the FA Market this year?

GF, in general I lean in your direction on this, having been scarred enough by the A-Rod deal which I never wanted anyway (and especially not the insane 10 year extension going into his age 32 season.).  Assuming that Machado and Harper will be looking at at least a 10 year contract, they are several years younger than A-Rod was when the Yanks first signed him.  I am reluctant to go after either one, but if Harper is willing to make the move to first base -- and he does have the requisite lefty swing -- I would not scream bloody murder if they got him.  Nor would I if they signed Machado, but surely not both of them.  I know it is apples and oranges for their positions, but I was surprised at how much better Harper's career OBP (.386) and OPS+ (139) were than Machado's (.336 and 121 respectively.)  Basically Andujar, albeit with only one year to go by, has those numbers (.337 and 128), although of course Manny is light years better defensively.

I have affection for Andujar because I have liked effective bad ball hitters since the days of Berra and Clemente.  Like knuckleball pitchers, quirky entertainment.

Looking at the free agent list for starting pitchers, which the Yanks need more than anything, among guys who might realistically hit the market -- which almost certainly eliminates Sale, Kershaw and Bumgarner -- the pickings aren't all that great.  Mostly too old or too beat up. Keuchel would be attractive, but I doubt he would be willing to shave his beard.  Corbin maybe?  But he seems to miss a lot of time, which of course you could say about practically any starting pitcher in the pitch count era.  The list of relief pitchers gives me a headache, I can't go there.