Yankees lose Patrick Corbin; who will they target next?

Many fans hoped the Yankees would sign Patrick Corbin. Well, they received bad news after he accepted a six-year, $140 million deal from the Nationals.

I won’t lie, I was disappointed that the Yankees lost out on the 29-year-old, two-time All-Star Patrick Corbin, as he signed with the Nationals on Tuesday. This is the same guy who once purchased an autographed jersey of Andy Pettitte and was also given a gift of an autographed photo of Tino Martinez.

The Yankees reportedly offered a five-year, $110 million deal to Corbin; however, they wouldn’t increase their offer, and I’m glad they didn’t. Six years and $140 million is too much, even if he did have a career-best 3.15 ERA and 1.05 WHIP in 2018.

Since the Corbin saga has now been settled — and the Yanks saved quite a bit of money, they can shift their focus to Nathan Eovaldi, J.A. Happ or Lance Lynn, as reported on by Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.

I’m undecided on whom the Yanks should sign, either Eovaldi or Happ. They both pitched fantastic in ’18. Nasty Nate, who has now recovered from two Tommy John surgeries went 6-7 with a 3.81 ERA while striking out 101 and a 1.13 WHIP.

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It’s safe he’s fully healthy again. As for Happ who was traded to the Yankees from the Blue Jays at the trade deadline was superb, going 7-0 with a 2.69 ERA, striking out 63.

Lance Lynn is a no-go for me. He was traded from the Twins to the Yanks for Tyler Austin and winded up going 3-2 with a 4.14 ERA and surrendering 25 earned runs.

Since the Yanks lost out to Corbin and already traded for James Paxton, could this mean they will avoid signing a starting pitcher — and instead, go after both Bryce Harper and Manny Machado? I’m almost positive the Yanks won’t do that, but it’s likely they’ll be more aggressive on at least one.

After the Yanks lost out on Shohei Ohtani last winter, they quickly pivoted and made a surprising splash to acquire Giancarlo Stanton from the Marlins. You never know what Brian Cashman has up his sleeve.

The Bombers reset their luxury tax threshold, so they have a ton of money to spend this offseason, which is a bit contradicting since they didn’t up the ante to sign Corbin — shying away from his desired six-year contract.