Yankees could see some offensive regression despite "their floor still being quite high."

Yahoo Sports senior MLB analysts Jordan Shusterman and Jake Mintz discuss the offensive outlook for the New York Yankees heading into the 2026 season. Hear the full conversation on the “Baseball Bar-B-Cast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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And so I am going to take the Yankees.

I do think just having Aaron Judge is, is really nice, knowing that essentially the exact same team is back that scored all those runs last year.

I think they’ll probably be slightly worse, but I also think that the floor is quite high.

And, I, I think that, you know, both of these teams kind of have similar risks where the depth is a little bit troubling if you do have a serious injury at the top to any of those top older guys, and that’s why I also would have definitely taken the Dodgers first instead of the Yankees.

but I’m gonna take the Yankees because they are a, a proven offensive juggernaut basically every season, and, I’m not gonna– I’ll have harder decisions later in this draft, and I’m gonna keep it simple and I will take the Yankees.

Yankees could see some offensive regression despite “their floor still being quite high.”

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