Yankees: Brian Cashman believes Trent Grisham’s contract is a bargain

Last November, Trent Grisham accepted the qualifying offer of $22.05 million that the New York Yankees had put on the table. That annual value ties him for seventh place among all position players who signed this winter, behind Kyle Tucker ($60 million), Bo Bichette ($42 million), Alex Bregman ($35 million), Cody Bellinger ($32.5 million), Pete Alonso ($31 million), and Kyle Schwarber ($30 million).

However, Bombers general manager Brian Cashman believes he got a good deal by bringing his protégé back to New York at this price.

At this point, those $22 million seem like a bargain given how the free agent market has derailed on a year-to-year basis.

It's true that apart from Bellinger and Tucker, Grisham was the second-best outfielder available on the free agent market, behind Ryan O'Hearn, with his 34 home runs and .811 OPS in 2025.

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But can he repeat last year's exploits, and more importantly, is it worth a $16.8 million pay raise? Cash believes so .

What he did last year was spectacular, and all the information we have leads us to believe that offering him the qualifying offer was the right decision. We are really happy that he chose to stay with us for $22 million and hope that he can replicate what he did for us last year, because that is one of the reasons we were so successful and made the playoffs.

But the general manager isn't telling the whole story, because another negative impact of Grisham's signing in the Bronx is that the Yankees will bring back the same outfielders as in 2025, which means that young players Jasson Dominguez and Spencer Jones will once again see their playing time limited and their emergence slowed.

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