5 targets for the New York Yankees this winter

Madison Bumgarner

Madison Bumgarner

The Yankees are one ace away from winning the championship and that ace could easily be Madison Bumgarner. With the Giants on the verge of a rebuild, it might be the right time for them to deal Bumgarner who has one year and 12 million left on his contract.

Yankees will have to make a lucrative offer to the Giants including top prospects like Justus Sheffield, Estevan Florial and maybe even rookie sensation Miguel Andujar. Going into the postseason, the Yankees' only bug was their starting rotation and it proved to be too huge a bug in the series against Boston.

The only starting pitcher to pitch more than 5 innings was Tanaka while none of the others went past 3. That's really bad for a team with a bullpen that one can boast of and an offense that set a league record of most homeruns in a single season (267).

Bumgarner has historically dominated the regular season (career 3.03 ERA). Come October, there are not really many pitchers out there who can brag of a postseason report card like MadBum. He's played 16 postseason games, pitching 102.1 innings with an outstanding ERA of 2.11 and a WHIP of 0.90. After all, he's a Worldseries MVP (2014). It shouldn't be very surprising if a vastly successful franchise like Yankees make a move for Bumgarner even if it's a one-year rental.

Giants also seem to be interested in Sonny Gray. Should the Yankees center a deal around Sonny Gray, this should be a blockbuster trade.