As MLB clubs prepare for the first big item on the offseason calendar, the annual GM meetings, the Yankees will be setting their sights on Juan Soto.

The Padres seem destined to deal the superstar outfielder ahead of his final year of team control, and multiple reports have now placed the Yankees, if nothing else, very interested in working out a deal.

Short of Shohei Ohtani himself, there’s no move that would help the Yankees as much in 2024, but you know that San Diego knows that too.

MLB Trade Rumors’ annual Top 50 Free Agents is back, and no surprise, Ohtani is top of the table, pegged to set records for both average annual value and total contract.

The Yankees are projected to have a little bit of success in the broader auction, but the Dodgers seem the favorite to come away with the winter’s biggest singing.

New York Daily News | Gary Phillips: The Yankees are in the market for a new hitting coach, and may have their eyes on one of the architects of a terrific young offensive system.

James Rowson, the Tigers’ assistant hitting coach, is reportedly one of the names strongly considered for the top job, after helping develop a crop of strong Tigers prospects and being a minor league coordinator in the Yankee system while Aaron Judge and other Baby Bombers were in development.

No word yet (beyond vague speculations) on possible new bench coaches after Carlos Mendoza took the Mets’ manager job yesterday.