Ryan Garcia and Ryan Sampson on what the Yankees need to do this offseason

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00:00Besides Bednar, I think it's a lot of question marks in that bullpen as well.

00:03You lost Devin Williams, who did not have a great year by any means.

00:06Still pitched a lot of important innings for you last year.

00:09Luke Weaver pitched a lot of innings for them last year.

00:11I feel like they need to get another elite bullpen arm.

00:15I don't know if it's going to be high-priced.

00:16I wonder if they're going to find something again like a Fernando Cruz where they make a trade.

00:20How do you see the Yankees attacking the bullpen through this offseason?

00:24I think the route of finding their guy has been the Yankees' route for years now.

00:28And so I'm going to assume that's the route they take.

00:31I would look at Viktor Vodnik, who is one of the hardest-throwing relievers in the sport.

00:35His average fastball velocity was the sixth-highest right behind Ryan Helsley and Robert Suarez,

00:40sitting at 98.7 miles per hour.

00:42He had a 3.02 ERA, gets a lot of ground balls, really good changeup, which the Yankees like.

00:47You think of Weaver, Williams, the splitters with Leiter, the splitters with Bednar as well and Cruz.

00:53Viktor Vodnik would be just an awesome addition, just elite-level stuff.

00:57And the Yankees need more velocity.

00:58I think we can look at this bullpen and say there are not a lot of guys who could just overpower you with raw stuff.

01:03Viktor Vodnik, like, he's got four years of control.

01:05I know he's going to cost a good bit on the trade market, but I'm willing to make that deal.

01:09And he's pre-arbitration, so it doesn't affect any of your other financial plans.

01:12And it's not like the trade market is where you expect the Yankees to be the most active for position player help.

01:17So that guy could be a star over here.