New York Yankees they are getting ready to play Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday night in Game 4 of the World Series. New York edged Los Angeles 3-0 in the series. The Dodgers maintained their lead in all three games and pushed the Yankees to the brink of elimination.

The uncertainty of the season is forcing some players, fans and the media to look at free agents coming from both sides. Players such as Juan Soto, Teoscar Hernandez, Clay Holmes and Blake Treinen are set to enter the unrestricted free agency period at the end of the season. This could be the end of their time with their current team.

There are also players with club options like Anthony Rizzo. Rizzo may also be playing his last game with the Yankees, which might have seemed strange to say a few months ago. But with Rizzo’s poor play and stable health, it’s hard to imagine the Yankees picking up his $17 million option for 2025.

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Before Game 4, Rizzo was asked about the possibility that this would be his last game and his last series in a Yankees uniform. Instead of skirting around the question, the senior first baseman responded openly and honestly.

“This may very well happen. I’m a realist and I’m not naive about it, but I think when the time comes, things will take shape,” Rizzo said on the possibility that Game 4 could be his last game in a Yankees uniform.

The odds of the Yankees picking up the $17 million option are closer to 0 percent than 100 percent. But that doesn’t rule out the possibility that the Yankees decline the option and seek to restructure the deal for slightly less money.

New York is poised to engage in a nasty bidding war with the New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays and other big-market teams to bring Juan Soto back to the Bronx. They’ll need every dollar they can get to make sure Soto is miserable for life.

And that could cost Rizzo. But Rizzo doesn’t seem too upset about it. Baseball is a business, after all, and no one understands that better than a formerly-traded veteran.