After the Giants reportedly signed Blake Snell to a two-year deal with an opt out after year one, C-Mac said it was now acceptable to say that the Yankees simply aren’t willing to do whatever it takes to improve the roster.
“The Yankees aren’t all in. Plain and simple,” C-Mac said. “Are the Yankees willing to do anything to make sure they are one of, if not the favorite in the American League? No, they’re not. Hal Steinbrenner was not willing to give $60 million to have Blake Snell on the Yankees this year.”
C-Mac acknowledged that the Yanks would have had to pay 110 percent of Snell’s salary toward luxury tax penalties, but in the end, it was just money, and the Yankees have plenty of it. So they aren’t truly all in if they left a reigning Cy Young winner on the board.
“Hal Steinbrenner did not make the decision to spend that kind of money. Plain and simple,” C-Mac said. “All it came down to was a checkbook…this is a deal the Yankees could have easily signed.”