The Yankees guaranteed $360 million to Aaron Judge and now they are back to zero. Or less than zero. Unless you think that for the 2023 Yankees, Judge is going to equal or improve upon one of the great offensive seasons of all time.

At this moment, it feels as if the Yankees are shooting one of the most expensive pars in history — $400 million invested to retain Judge and Anthony Rizzo. There is a lot of offseason to go, but at present they mainly have gone about keeping the two main pieces they wanted to keep with an eye on the third in Andrew Benintendi.

The only major outside addition has been a reunion with Tommy Kahnle on a two-year, $11.5 million deal. This is actually a re-reunion. Kahnle was drafted by the Yankees, but did not play with them before being plucked by the Rockies in the December 2013 Rule 5 draft. He was reacquired from the White Sox in July 2017 with Todd Frazier and David Robertson.

During that stint, he pitched to a 4.21 ERA in 129 regular-season games. He pitched in one game in 2020, and underwent Tommy John surgery in August of that year. The Yankees released him with the knowledge that Kahnle would miss all of the 2021 campaign. The righty signed a two-year deal with the Dodgers — to rehab the first year, to pitch the second year.