VERY BAD NEWS: New York Yankees Head Coach Angry and Announced resignation immediately….

After snapping a six-year playoff streak last season, the New York Yankees made a bold trade for slugger Juan Soto this offseason.

But the momentum created by that deal all but evaporated once ace pitcher Gerrit Cole, the reigning AL Cy Young winner, was lost to a worrisome arm injury since identified as nerve inflammation and edema.

The Yankees, who sacrificed plenty of pitching depth in the Soto deal, aren’t built to withstand the loss of Cole.

Few (if any) teams are.

Yet, the Yankees aren’t hopeless. They just find themselves in significant need of a significant upgrade, and it just so happens that the free agent market still has one available.

Jordan Montgomery, who opened his MLB career in pinstripes, remains unsigned after pitching to a 3.20 ERA last season and getting even stingier (2.90 ERA across 31 innings) come playoff time while helping steer the Texas Rangers to their first World Series title.

Montgomery’s camp had spoken with New York earlier in the offseason, and Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported “they are back in contact.”

It’s time to get a deal done. The Yankees’ hopes for this season could easily depend on it.

Actually, the scribe went even a little further than that, since his 10th spot featured a three-way tie between the Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros and Miami Marlins.