NYY news: Maybe Mad Max

SNY | Tom Hanslin : Max Scherzer worked out for teams in Florida earlier this week, and the Yankees were reportedly among the clubs in attendance.

Its hard to see where Scherzer would fit on the Yankee roster, what with the team already in possession of six starters, but as they say, you can never have too much pitching.

Its also unclear what Scherzer, 40, has left in the tank, but a player of his pedigree cant be written off until hes definitively shown that hes got nothing left.

Scherzer only threw 43.1 innings last year for the Rangers, but was reasonably effective, managing a 3.95 ERA with 40 strikeouts against ten walks.

MLB Pipeline : MLB updated its official top 100 prospects, and the only Yankee to land was Jasson Dominguez.

The Martian comes in at a solid slot at number 21.

Its a similar situation to last year, when Dominguez was the only Yankee in MLBs 2024 top 100, coming in at 14.

Absent is 2023 first-round pick George Lombard Jr., who squeezed into the backend of Baseball Prospectus top 100, as well as Spencer Jones.

New York Post | Greg Joyce : Heres a breakdown of where the Yankees stand at this point of the offseason.

They have one spot open on their 40-man roster, though they could easily open up more spots by moving on from their waiver claims from earlier this week, Roansy Contreras and Allan Winans.

And of course, there are the outstanding issues with the starting lineup, namely the hole on the infield dirt.

As of now, the in-house options of Oswaldo Cabrera, Oswald Peraza, and DJ LeMahieu project to compete for playing time at whichever spot on the infield that Jazz Chisholm Jr.

vacates.

Newsweek | Jon Paul Hoornstra : Former Yankee outfielder Karim Garcia announced that he was recovering a stroke.

Thank God I am doing very well, I can move my arms and legs without difficulty, eat by myself, bathe myself, see perfectly, he wrote in an Instagram post.

There are some words that I have trouble pronouncing, but as the doctors say, this is very recent and with therapy and the support of my family, I know I will overcome it.

Garcia played for a decade in the majors, debuting in 1995 as a 19-year-old with the Dodgers .

He played for the Yankees in 2002 and 2003 and hit well, posting a .301/.337/.449 slash line.

Also, from Francys Romero on Twitter/X, the Yankees officially signed their top international prospect of the year, shortstop Manny Cedeno: The Yankees officially signed their star player from the 2024-25 international class today: Dominican SS Manny Cedeno.

One of the youngest players in the period.

Bonus deal: $2,500,000.

A potential 5-tool player.

Projects power and hitting ability.

pic.twitter.com/fOAFgqArlS The 16-year-old Cedeno reportedly has great hands at short to go along with potential power at the plate..

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