MLB.com | Sweeny Murti: Two-time Yankees reliever David Robertson has announced his retirement at the age of 40 after 17 big league seasons. It marks the end of an era, as Robertson was the last remaining active player in MLB from the Yankees 2009 World Series winning roster. The Yankees drafted Robertson in 2006, and he played seven seasons in his first stint in the Bronx. After two-and-a-half years with the White Sox, the Yankees brought Robertson back near the 2017 trade deadline as part of a deal that also brought Todd Frazier and Tommy Kahnle to the Bronx. Robertson played six more seasons after departing the Yankees for a second time in 2018, and you can read a full tribute to his time in pinstripes here. Congratulations, D-Rob, on a fantastic career and best of luck with your future endeavors!
MLB Trade Rumors | Darragh McDonald: Earlier this week, we reported on the Yankees’ interest in a reunion with Paul Goldschmidt, and it appears the Yankees have stepped up their engagement with his representatives. Goldschmidt slashed .274/.328/.403 with ten home runs and a 103 wRC+ in 146 games with the Yankees after signing a one-year, $12.5 million deal last offseason. Goldschmidt was far more productive against lefties (169 wRC+) and could be brought back as the short side of a first base platoon with Ben Rice. However, he’s entering his age-38 season, and would futher clog up a bench that already includes J.C. Escarra and Amed Rosario.
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Goldschmidt isn’t the only player the Yankees have checked in with this week. They are rumored to have interest in swingman Nick Martinez, who could help cover in the rotation at the start of the season before transitioning to the bullpen as their injured starters get healthy. They’ve also been linked to reliever Michael Kopech, who won a World Series with the Dodgers two years ago before missing most of 2025 to injury. As for outfield depth, there are rumors of a reunion with Austin Slater and interest in Randal Grichuk.
New York Post | Greg Joyce: Brian Cashman believes that his new-look bullpen can emerge as a strength of the team in 2026. He acknowledged the subtractions of Devin Williams and Luke Weaver to the Mets in free agency, but held firm in his belief that they have the people in place to fill those voids. He cited Rule 5 draftee Cade Winquest and trade acquisition Angel Chivilli as a pair of examples of the guys who could step up, as well as younger pitchers they have developed including Carlos Lagrange and Brent Headrick.
SNY | Phillip Martinez: With the Yankees running it back with their 2025 outfield, Aaron Boone admitted that the outlook for Jasson Domínguez and Spencer Jones has changed. Cody Bellinger and Trent Grisham are back in the fold, reducing the number of opportunities available to the Yankees’ pair of former top prospects. Rumors of the Yankees dangling either Domínguez or Jones in pursuit of pitching grew after Bellinger re-upped, though many of the top starting pitching trade candidates have already been dealt.
The Athletic | Chris Kirschner ($): Kirschner answers a handful of questions in his end-of-the-month mailbag, and Domínguez’s future features heavily, with Kirschner predicting that the Yankees will retain him as an option off the bench rather that trade him away. He also touches on the $42.5 million the Yankees will be paying Bellinger in each of the next two seasons and why the team did not allocate that money to a different player (mostly, Bellinger’s fit on the roster). Kirschner backs the front office’s decision to run it back with last year’s offense given the unit had the highest wRC+ (119) in MLB in 2025, though he also admits that it is impossible to know what version of Anthony Volpe the Yankees are going to get once he returns from his shoulder surgery rehab.
