Is That The Best You've Got?

YAHOO.com- Andruw Jones agreed Thursday to a $2 million, one-year contract with the New York Yankees, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

Though I'm not even looking at ESPN, ESPN.com, or any other ESPN entity for the rest of my life, I stumbled upon the above article on Yahoo! Sports.

Anyhow, is this the best the Yankees have got? I mean, after seeing the Red Sox vastly improving their squad in the off-season, and after getting bounced from the playoffs from the Texas Rangers, one would think that the Yankees would put the foot down and make a splash. Not so fast.

I mean, is this 2005? Because I'm pretty sure that's the last time Andruw Jones was a vital part of a winning team. What are the Yankees doing? Do they want to lose to the Sox and Rays next season, because their team isn't any better than last season's squad that was bounced from the playoffs. Obviously, as a huge Sox fan, I'm always pining for the Yankees to regress, but this off-season had been baffling for any baseball fan. The Yankees ALWAYS get their man and spend good money to get him, but not so this year. They failed to get Cliff Lee, Carl Crawford, and Jayson Werth, and now have to get lower-tier players.

Will the near-inactivity from the Yankees hurt them in the 2011 MLB season? Probably. You cannot compete against upper-level teams without improving your squad SIGNIFICANTLY in the off-season, just ask the 2010 Red Sox. Andruw Jones is a great guy and was ONCE in the upper-echelon of MLB players, but those glory days are over. And if this off-season is a foreboding sign (for Yankees fans at least), the Yankees reign of dominance over the past 15 years may be halting as well.