The New York Yankees have made final roster decisions, including optioning Oswaldo Cabrera and Jasson Dominguez to Triple-A. The team's 2026 bench is set with J.C. Escarra, Paul Goldschmidt, Amed Rosario, and Randal Grichuk. The team's catching situation is noted, and player evaluations are offered.
recently optioned Oswaldo Cabrera to Triple-A which was the final move needed to see who their bench players would be for the 2026 season. A day prior they optioned Jasson Dominguez to Triple-A as well, a move that shouldn't have come as a surprise but did solely due to the fact that Dominguez wasRandal Grichuk has made the Opening Day roster.
The entire roster has yet to be revealed, but the Yankees four bench options have never been more clear. New York will head into the 2026 season with backup catcher J.C. Escarra, first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, utility man Amed Rosario, and a right-handed outfielder in Randal Grichuk.Another decision made regarding the Yankees’ Opening Day roster. Bench will likely be J.C. Escarra, Paul Goldschmidt, Amed Rosario and Randal Grichuk.The Yankees once again have a trio of catchers at their disposal but all three are lefties. That certainly is going to come back to haunt them at some point, but Boone is extremely confident in Austin Wells, Ben Rice, and Escarra. It's not like they can move their catchers around depending on who's pitching that day, so instead it'll just be a normal rotation with Escarra being the clear No. 2. Seeing as he's 30-years old with only 84 big league at-bats it's hard to give him a much higher grade.Goldy is exactly what this team needed when they went all in on the "run it back" mindset. He's able to play first base in certain situations when Boone doesn't want Rice in the lineup. Again, the number of left-handed batters this team has is alarming. It didn't cost much to bring Goldschmidt back and the veteran is a much needed right-handed bat that always finds a way to get the job done.• Reassigned INF Paul DeJong and INF/OF Seth Brown to minor league camp.Rosario, 30, receives the same grade as Escarra. Rosario has a few main benefits to being on the bench. The first is the simple fact that he's a righty while he also can play numerous positoins for the team. Things still seem to be moving around quite a bit with Anthony Volpe and Ryan McMahon, but most would argue Cabrera is going to be a better long-term asset over Rosario.by saying he needs regular at-bats which is only something he can get in the minors. Grichuk has done nothing notable since coming to the Yankees and was gifted a roster spot simply because he's a right-handed outfielder. It'll be interesting to see how long he's on the big league roster, but he'll be there come Opening Day which is bad enough.Jordon Lawrenz is a writer for On SI, part of the Sports Illustrated Network. Jordon is an accomplished writer for NFL, MLB, and college football/basketball. He contributes to PFSN’s and Heavy’s NFL coverage. Having graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay with a Sports Communication and Journalism degree, Jordon fully embraced the sports writing lifestyle upon his relocation to Florida.
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