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Yankees: Players Who Will Be Screwed Out of Raises if 2020 MLB Season Doesn’t Happen

By Thomas Carannante

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 3: Gary Sanchez #24 of the New York Yankees and Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees celebrate after defeating the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium on September 3, 2019 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees won 10-1. (Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 3: Gary Sanchez #24 of the New York Yankees and Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees celebrate after defeating the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium on September 3, 2019 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees won 10-1. (Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images) /
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3. Tommy Kahnle

Tommy Kahnle #48 of the New York Yankees (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Tommy Kahnle #48 of the New York Yankees (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

After a downright disastrous 2018 campaign (6.56 ERA and 1.63 WHIP in 24 games), Tommy Kahnle rebounded admirably in 2019, appearing in 72 games (!!) all the while maintaining a 3.67 ERA and 1.06 WHIP with 88 strikeouts across 61.1 innings. That had him slated to earn $2.65 million in 2020. That’s not great for your second year of arbitration-eligibility, but it’s double his 2018 salary. If he returned this year and took care of business as Aaron Boone’s hybrid reliever (we’ve seen him come in during just about every inning), there’s no doubt he’d be scraping the $5 million mark. Now? The right-hander will have to hope he’ll get a chance to shine assuming there’s a 60-game season to salvage some of that money or else his chance at a bigger payday before free agency won’t be happening. What’s perhaps even worse is that he’ll now have a make-or-break year in 2021 in terms of landing a big deal in free agency if this season doesn’t happen.

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