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ayers such as Pete Alonso and Alex Bregman among the 164 free agents still on the market with only 37 days until pitchers and catchers report to spring training camps in Florida and Arizona on Feb. 14.

The New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox are among teams still shopping.

But not the Yanks. They made all their signings and trades in the wake of losing Juan Soto, who signed with the Mets for 15 years, $765 million just before the Winter Meetings opened in Dallas in early December.

Since then, they added pitcher Max Fried for eight years, $218 million, and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt for one year, $12.5 million. They also re-signed reliever Jonathan Loáisiga for one year, $5 million.

New York also traded the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Cody Bellinger—$25 million for this year with a player option at $22.5 million for next year—and obtained from the Milwaukee Brewers closer Devin Williams, who signed an $8.4 million deal for this year and is a free agent next year. Additionally, the Yanks traded backup catcher Jose Trevino to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for reliever Fernando Cruz and Alex Jackson, another backup catcher.

“We’ve done some heavy lifting

[Fried], with Devin Williams, with Bellinger,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman recently said. “But there’s more [light] lifting to do.”

The Yanks are still looking to bring in a mid-level left-handed reliever and send out starter Marcus Stroman and his $18.3 million contract, but that’s it. If Stroman pitches 140 innings this season, another $18.3 million vests for next year.

This would seem to preclude the signing of posted Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki, who may be ticketed for a West Coast club; the Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are reportedly among his targets. Sasaki can sign with a Major League Baseball team any time between Jan. 15 to Jan. 24 or he must return to the Chiba Lotte Marines, his originating Nippon Professional Baseball team.

New York, with $270.6 million committed to 13 players for luxury tax purposes, are second in spending thus far behind Los Angeles at $336 million, although the Dodgers have already committed money to 19 players. The Yanks were third behind the Dodgers in 2024 with the Mets sandwiched between the two of them when considering their entire 40-man rosters.

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