Yankees news: Forecasting awards and the off-season

TAMPA, FL - OCTOBER 05: Cam Schlittler #31 of the New York Yankees warms up before the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on October 5, 2026 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images) | Getty Images ESPN | Bradford Doolittle: It’s awards week! For Yankees fans, Wedne

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ESPN | Bradford Doolittle: It’s awards week! For Yankees fans, Wednesday is the night to pay attention as that’s when the AL and NY Cy Young Award winners will be announced. There shouldn’t really be much suspense for the Cy Young recipient in the American League. This should be Cam Schlittler’s hardware to take home. Doolittle agrees as he predicts who will win each award this week. “When you look at the progression of the AXE leaderboard, it was pretty much a wire-to-wire win for Schlittler, and I suspect

he’ll be a near-unanimous choice when the AL Cy Young is announced.” You love to hear it.

MLB.com | Max Ralph: Closer David Bednar is a free agent. I suspect the club’s (and the fans’) prefered course of action is to re-sign Bednar and hand him the keys to the ninth inning again. But in the event that falls through, the Yankees will have to look elsewhere for a closer in 2027. For a look at free agent, trade, and in-house options, peruse Ralph’s article. Seriously though. Just bring back Bednar.

MLB.com: MLB.com took us around the hot stove Monday, looking at the latest rumors. For the Yankees, it’s that the club plans to upgrade third base. Pulling from Jon Heyman’s reporting for the New York Post, MLB notes that third base and the bullpen sit atop the Yanks’ needs as we head into a three-week offseason stretch before Major League Baseball inevitably locks the players out. I think it’s probably fair to say everyone was expecting third base to sit atop the Yankees’ pyramid of needs.