Yankees Rumors: Which free agents should be kept and who should be let go?

David Robertson: Robertson is coming off another outstanding season with the Yanks and it’s safe to say they will look to bring him back in 2019. D-Rob is everything you want in a high leverage reliever because he gets a ton of strikeouts and he doesn’t care when he’s called upon to pitch. Robertson has earned the nickname Houdini over the years for good reason because there’s no one Yankee fans would rather see on the mound to get them out of a late-inning jam.

After the 2014 season, Robertson left the Yanks to take a big four-deal with the White Sox so who knows if he would leave again if he got a similar deal this offseason. He could probably get closer-type money again from some teams but if he’s willing to take a hometown discount to return to the Yanks they shouldn’t hesitate to re-sign him. Like CC and Gardner, Robertson was a member of the 09′ championship team and you know he’d like to be a part of another and finish his career where it started.

However, this is a business and Robertson did say at the end of the season that as much as he’d like to return he has to do what’s best for him this offseason. That being said I think if the Yankees offered him a deal of around 3 years for $30 million he would take it.

Verdict: Keep him on a multi-year deal

Zach Britton: Britton was very good for the Yankees out of the bullpen after he was acquired from the Orioles near the end of July. He served as one of many set-up men in the Yankees stacked pen but you can be sure he’ll get plenty of big offers to close for teams next season. Britton when healthy and on his game is one of the top relievers in all of baseball so if the Yankees want to bring him back it’s going to cost them.

Britton will be 31 by the time next season rolls around but he should get multiple four to five-year deals offered his way this winter. I don’t know if the Yankees will want to invest in him for that many years at a salary around $12-15 million, especially since they already have Aroldis Chapman and Dellin Betances who is set to become a free agent himself this time next year.

If the Yankees could somehow bring back both Britton and David Robertson I’d be all for it but my gut tells me only D-Rob will be back.

Verdict: Would love to have him, but Britton will cost too much to bring back