Yankees Fans: Most Important News and Rumors from the GM Meetings

The New York Yankees hot stove season kicked off in earnest during the annual General Managers’ Meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona.

While the annual General Managers Meetings don’t feature the same rapid-fire action as December’s Winter Meetings, they do mark the beginning of the hot stove season in many ways. October was a pretty quiet month for New York Yankees news, but there was plenty of interest for fans that emerged over the course of this week.

General manager Brian Cashman usually plays his cards pretty close to the vest, but he was usually candid during the meetings this year, going into detail about the team’s plans and many of the names they could have interest in this winter.

Because they are in a “transition” phase (the Yankees code word for rebuilding), Cashman made it clear during the Meetings that no players on the roster are untouchable, although unsurprisingly New York’s newest budding superstar is the likely exception to that rule. As he told Brendan Kuty of NJ Advance Media:

"It should really be, “No one’s untouchable.” You really need to be open-minded to anything. But there has to be a reality factor to it. Are we going to be trading Gary Sanchez? No. We’re not."

Even without a blockbuster trade centered around The Kraken, it seems likely that this is going to be an even more active offseason for the Yankees than last year. A number of wheels have already been set into motion and it shouldn’t be long before we see a deal or two get done.