The Biggest Questions Facing the Yankees Offense for 2017

Despite some recent success, the New York Yankees offense has some major questions to answer coming into the 2017 season. Here’s a look at the five most pressing.

As of Monday, only three American League clubs had scored fewer runs than the once feared Bronx Bombers offense. As a group, the New York Yankees have hit a very modest .252/.313/.401 with a 90 wRC+ that was tied for 23rd in baseball with the Milwaukee Brewers.

The front office has done a nice job of clearing out some of the aging, overpaid dead-wood that has characterized the Yankees attack in recent years. Gone are former stars Alex Rodriguez and Carlos Beltran, with Mark Teixeira following them out the door shortly.

The Yankees have replaced their “proven veterans” with a lot of fresh faces in August, and the results have honestly been mixed. There are many reasons to be excited and optimistic about the youngsters New York has committed to playing regularly, but there is also a lot more uncertainty than usual on a team that has long used the rest of their majors as their minor league system, acquiring guys only after they had made a few All-Star squads with their former clubs.

All of the recently promoted kids have had some growing pains to some extent, which raises the question of just how long of a leash this youth movement has. Do the Yankees have the patience to follow through on this rebuild?

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