New York Yankees

The Yankees have re-signed CC Sabathia to a one-year, $10 million deal. The move helps to stabilize the Yankees rotation, and Sabathia gets paid.The 37-year-old hefty lefty gave the Yankees more than they expected last season. With his 3.69 ERA, he recorded a win (14) in more than half his starts (27), helping them go deep into the playoffs. He's a reliable back-of-the-rotation option.Sabathia was almost out of the league in 2014 when he posted a 5.28 ERA. Since then, his ERA has dropped each season, and his fastball…

The Cubs signed Drew Smyly to a two-year contract, while the Twins signed Michael Pineda to the same deal. Both had mid-2017 season surgeries to replace their UCL (Tommy John surgery) and will be non-factors for the 2018 season.While 12 months may have once been the historic recovery time, it’s not anymore. The recent timeline shows that pitchers return at 14+ months.Both pitchers may return in August, at the earliest. Additionally, there is about a 15% chance that either one doesn’t make it back to the majors.…

The Yankees have traded Chase Headley and Bryan Mitchell to the Padres for Jabari Blash. In the real baseball world, this move is just a salary-dump trade, which creates a ton of questions and no answers.Headley moves to the Padres, who had Yangervis Solarte and Cory Spangenberg as options at third base. Solarte will likely move to short and Spangenberg to second. While the infield may stay this way, I see one or more of these guys on the move later this offseason. Future moves may help to clarify the Padres' plans.…

It’s finally official. The Marlins have traded Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees for Starlin Casto and two prospects. The Yankees are taking on $265 million of the $295 million still owed to Stanton over the next 11 seasons. One of the league’s best players joins its marquee team. There are many moving pieces here, with many players seeing their fantasy values adjusted. With so many interconnected parts to discuss, I’ll start the discussion with Stanton.The 28-year-old moves from a great 2017 situation where the Marlins…

Last week in the Fantrax top-10, we profiled 10 pitchers that could be affordable targets for your fantasy squad. This week we switch back to real life and look at the top World Series contenders this season.You know the old saying, “Pitching and defense win championships.” When I was a youngster, I disagreed with that notion. My eight-year-old brain would think, “Well, you need to score runs to win games!” This might have been because I was eight during the infamous 1998 home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy…