The Yankees bypassed previous pursuits of big-money free agents Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Nolan Arenado and a host of others in prior offseasons. They acquired infielder Jazz Chisholm in a marquee trade this summer. Adding Bregman is possible, and even potentially sensible. I'd still deem it unlikely.

We’re not taking anything off the table in terms of what we would do, whether it’s making trades or signing a free agent,” the GM said.

Alex Bregman may have played his final game as an Astro on Wednesday. Detroit's 5-2 win completed a sweep that