The Yankees are interested in left-hander , reports . That meshes with reporting from , who says the club is Curt Schilling Jersey planning an active January as it hopes to add to its pitching staff before Spring Training. Martino adds that Snell has privately expre sed an interest in the Yankees, though also adds they are not the only club in his market. The Yankees were heavily pursuing , highlighting their desire to add to their rotation. Previous reports from and suggested that, if the Yanks mi sed on Yamamoto, they might pivot to build a super bullpen instead of focusing on the rotation. Now that Yamamoto has signed with the Dodgers, the Yankees are exploring their other options and it seems they havent totally abandoned the idea of a significant rotation addition. They have had ongoing interest in bringing back and now Snell appears to be on the table as well. If they were to sign Snell, they would have a rotation fronted by the two reigning Cy Young winners. Snell just took home the National League hardware for his excellent season with the Padres while got the American League trophy. Despite that, the pitchers are actually quite different. While Cole has been the poster boy for stability and reliability, Snells career has been more erratic. He finished 2023 with 180 innings pitched for the Friars, registering a 2.25 ERA in that time. He struck out 31.5% of batters faced and kept 44.4% of batted balls on the ground but also gave out walks at a 13.3% clip. That got him second career Cy Young, the first coming with the Rays in 2018 when he had a 1.89 ERA. But the four seasons in between those two elite campaigns were more shaky. His ERA finished 4.20 or higher twice and he didnt reach 130 innings in any of them, dealing with various injuries. Those concerns aside, Snell is clearly one of the best pitchers in the league when things are going well and he has received interest from the Giants, Angels, Mets and Red Sox. The Yankees slotting him next to Cole would give the club an excellent one-two punch. and are each coming off disappointing injury-marred seasons but have been excellent in the past. If they are able to bounce back this year, and the club signs Snell, then they would be looking at arguably the best front four in the league. The depth was thinned out in the deal, with four pitchers going to San Diego, but the Yanks still have , , , and as options for the back end. At the start of the offseason, MLBTR predicted Snell to land a seven-year deal worth $200MM, around $28.6MM per year. The Yankees havent been shy about handing out huge deals for starting pitchers in recent years, as they gave Cole $324MM, Rodon $162MM and offered Yamamoto $300MM over 10 years. Per , the club currently has a payroll of $279MM and a competitive balance tax figure of $290MM. The Yanks are set to pay the luxury tax for a third straight year, meaning they have a base tax rate of 50% for any spending beyond the lowest threshold of $237MM. As the brackets go up in $20MM increments, their tax rates jump to 62%, 95% and 110%. They are already well beyond the third line and just $7MM away from the highest tier. That means that signing Snell to a salary in the $25-30MM range would actually cost them around twice as much when factoring in the taxes. Last year, the club was reluctant to pa s the final tier but it feels as though they are more willing to blow past it this year, given that they are so close to it and still actively pursuing upgrades. Even if they eventually turn away from a rotation addition and turn instead to relievers like or , they would still find themselves on the other side of the border. Jake Hager Jersey