Joel Sherman on where the Yankees go from here after SP Edward Cabrera was traded to the Cubs

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00:00I think the Yankees are in a period of frustration to some degree.

00:04Off-season last year, at the moment they lose Juan Soto,

00:07they were able to enact a plan that they really liked

00:10and able to do a lot of things and match up well.

00:12Max Fried, they were very comfortable giving him the $200 million plus that he received.

00:18He was a guy they really loved.

00:20And then they made a series of trades for Bellinger, Fernando Cruz, Devin Williams

00:25that they were also comfortable with.

00:27And this off-season, they just have not found matches to their liking.

00:31They have felt the free agency prices on relief pitchers have been way too high.

00:36They were interested in, say, a reunion with Luke Weaver

00:39and were surprised where that number went.

00:41They've tried on Bellinger, obviously, and don't like where the number is at currently.

00:45They've tried for a couple of starting pitchers, including Cabrera.

00:48So where does that leave them?

00:50It leaves them either having to raise prices, whether in prospects or in dollars,

00:56or live with kind of what they have right now.

01:00In the outfield, end up being Bellinger.

01:02Will they have to do a secondary thing, like perhaps reunite with Harrison Bader

01:07as a right-hand complement to someone like Dominguez or Jones

01:10and a little bit to use in center field instead of Trent Grisham?

01:15And can they find the starting pitcher they like in this marketplace?

01:18And I do think that Hal Steinbrenner is restricting dollars.