NY Daily News | Peter Sblendorio: The Hall of Fame class of 2026 will be revealed tonight, and efforts to track the revealed ballots thus far paint a very good picture for some former Yankees. With a little more than half of the ballot publicly revealed, Carlos Beltrán has appeared on a strong 88.9 percent of the ballot, putting him in the pole position to make the 75 percent threshold to become a Hall of Famer. Joining him currently with revealed ballots is Andruw Jones at 83.9 percent, and a number of other first-time candidates like Chase Utley and Félix Hernandez are trending well in the mid-50s and 60s.
Andy Pettitte has seen a spike up from his recent numbers, polling at 56.7 percent as opposed to his 27.9 percent result last year, though his case comes with a major caveat considering he was involved in the steroid scandal of the 2000s having admitted to using HGH, and a lot of the voting base that chooses not to reveal their ballots have a staunch anti-steroid bloc. HGH was not a banned substance at the time though, so perhaps they’ll swing towards Pettitte as he is on his eighth year on the ballot.
MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Reminiscing is en vogue lately, as the trend of looking back on 2016 has taken over social media. The Yankees have a lot to look back on as they reflect on the journey they’ve been on over the last decade, as they saw their current captain make his debut in the wreckage of a season that finally signaled the end of the last World Series core. Now that Aaron Judge has spent a decade in the league the Yankees have gotten back to but lost in the World Series, and are still hunting for that magical moment for the new core, but the 2016 season stands firm as a turning point in the franchise.
MLB.com | Mark Feinsand: Tarik Skubal stands head and shoulders above the rest of the crowd of trade candidates remaining, but there’s still a fine field of players who could move either over the winter or when teams reconsider around the deadline. Jazz Chisholm remains on this list but with a lot of water thrown on those plans, now that Bo Bichette has signed elsewhere, and arms like Sandy Alcantara and Freddy Peralta have the spotlight alongside Nico Hoerner as the most anticipated names to watch.
NY Post | Greg Joyce: The Yankees made a depth signing on Monday, inking Seth Brown to a minor-league deal. The outfielder/first baseman had a standout 2022 with the Athletics, hitting 25 home runs with a .749 OPS, but cratered over the next three years producing only 29 more bombs and dropping to a .667 OPS. He’ll stand as insurance in case nothing else comes of the Cody Bellinger talks, but it’s fair to say that they aren’t planning around him beyond handing out a spring training invitation.
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