Some teams build their identity around offense. Others rely on starting pitching. The Yankees have increasingly leaned into all of those paths and then some: constructing a bullpen so overpowering that it shortens games and suffocates opponents late.

Last season, they tried to install what that could look like, and as the season unfolded, things went in the wrong direction. However, the Yankees are exploring a move that could push the relief corps into truly elite territory.

According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Yankees have interest in Edwin Díaz, the former Mets closer who opted out of his contract and is now one of the biggest names on the free-agent market. If they pull it off, the Yankees could field a two-headed monster with Díaz and David Bednar anchoring the ninth and e

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