Yankees: Who stays, who goes?
The New York Yankees' 2013 season is mercifully over, and general manager Brian Cashman has a winter's load of work to do, even more than by his usual offseason standards.
For one thing, his team failed the make the playoffs for just the second time in the past 19 seasons.
For another, we already know he will lose Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte to retirement. He might also lose Alex Rodriguez to suspension, Robinson Cano to free agency. Curtis Granderson, Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Boone Logan are all free agents as well, so the 2014 Yankees could very well have a lot of unfamiliar faces next Opening Day.
As always, at this time of the year, we give you the chance to weigh in on which Yankees from the 2013 season you would like to see back again next year.
I'll give you my opinion, then you give us yours. Deal?
Position Players
David Adams
Position: INF
Analysis: Don't see him as a starter. Trash him.
Zoilo Almonte
Position: OF
Analysis: Not an everyday player yet. Trash him.
Robinson Cano
Position: 2B
Analysis: If more than five years, $125M ... Trash him.
Francisco Cervelli
Position: C
Analysis: Cervelli deserves to play a full season. Take him.
Brett Gardner
Position: OF
Analysis: Great table-setter, superior fielder.
Take him.
Curtis Granderson
Position: CF
Analysis: Should give him the qualifying offer. Take him.
Travis Hafner
Position: DH
Analysis: Early-season pop, bit by injury bug. Trash him.
Derek Jeter
Position: SS
Analysis: He'll exercise his $9.5M option for 2014. Take him.
J.R. Murphy
Position: C
Analysis: Showed surprising poise in September. Take him.
Eduardo Nunez
Position: INF
Analysis: Injury-prone and mistake-prone. Trash him.
Lyle Overbay
Position: 1B
Analysis: Not an everyday player. Trash him.
Mark Reynolds
Position: 1B
Analysis: Has value as a backup. Take him.
Alex Rodriguez
Position: 3B
Analysis: He'll be on the books in 2014. Take him.
Austin Romine
Position: C
Analysis: Needs more time to develop. Take him.
Brendan Ryan
Position: SS
Analysis: Not gonna hit much, but good at SS. Take him.
Alfonso Soriano
Position: OF
Analysis: Sori will be here next year. Take him.
Chris Stewart
Position: C
Analysis: So-so hitter showed sloppy D. Trash him.
Ichiro Suzuki
Position: OF
Analysis: .260 hitter won't be better in '14. Trash him.
Mark Teixeira
Position: 1B
Analysis: Will be a Yankee through 2016. Take him.
Vernon Wells
Position: OF
Analysis: Say thanks, but no thanks. Trash him.
Pitchers
Dellin Betances
Position: SP
Analysis: Big, strong, young and throws 97.
Take him.
Cesar Cabral
Position: RP
Analysis: Could be the next "lefty specialist."
Take him.
Joba Chamberlain
Position: RP
Analysis: Failed miserably in his second chance. Trash him.
Preston Claiborne
Position: RP
Analysis: Became more hittable with exposure. Trash him.
David Huff
Position: RP
Analysis: Could be a long man/lefty specialist.
Take him.
Phil Hughes
Position: SP
Analysis: Unsuited to pitching at the Stadium.
Trash him.
Shawn Kelley
Position: RP
Analysis: A reliable arm in the pen. Take him.
Hiroki Kuroda
Position: SP
Analysis: Faded badly down the stretch. Trash him.
Boone Logan
Position: RP
Analysis: Pending surgery makes him risky. Trash him.
Ivan Nova
Position: SP
Analysis: Yanks have no ace in '14. No choice but ... Take him.
David Phelps
Position: SP
Analysis: Steady but not spectacular. Take him.
David Robertson
Position: RP
Analysis: Stellar setup man but can he close? Take him.
CC Sabathia
Position: SP
Analysis: No choice here, he's signed through 2016. Take him.
Adam Warren
Position: RP
Analysis: Could be useful out of the bullpen. Take him.
Management
Brian Cashman
Position: GM
Analysis: Deserves full checkbook and another shot. Take him.
Joe Girardi
Position: Manager
Analysis: His finest managing job with the Yankees. Take him.
Hal Steinbrenner
Position: Owner
Analysis: The devil you know ... Take him.
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