So that’s it?

The Yankees' big splash from the vaunted 2018-19 free agent class, the one fans have been hearing about for years now, is a utility infielder named DJ LeMahieu.

And yes, for the record, the last name rhymes with ... who?

He is a capable second baseman who once won a NL batting title. He is also -- based on our extensive research -- another infielder not named Manny Machado. This move all-but assures that, barring a surprising trade or an abrupt philosophical change, the franchise will exit the offseason without the kind of move to transform this team from very good to championship caliber.

Oh, they added players. They solidified their rotation by retaining free agent J.A. Happ and acquiring James Paxton in a smart trade with Seattle. They brought back reliever Zach Britton and took a flier on shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, who hasn’t played in a year and a half.

They won 100 games last season and probably will win as many this year.

Still ...

They won’t get Machado, a generational talent in his prime. They won’t get Bryce Harper, a slugger on a Hall of Fame track. Hell, they didn’t even try to get Harper. The quote that will define this Yankees offseason came a month ago at the winter meetings, when general manager Brian Cashman pretended to be genuinely shocked that reporters were gauging his interest in one of the sport’s most exciting young players.

“The Harper stuff ... I’m surprised you’re still asking,” Cashman said.

That was an actual quote from the GM of the Yankees, a team that used to stop at no expense to put the best team on the field. Sometimes, that led to overpaying players well past their prime. But for the most part, spending gobs of money on the very best players was -- surprise! -- a damn good strategy.

The Yankees had the sixth biggest payroll in baseball last season, according to Spotrac. The Red Sox outspent them by $42 million, and maybe this is a coincidence, but that very same team clobbered the Yankees in both the regular season and the postseason en route to another World Series title. The Red Sox were better on the field when the 2018 season ended and they’ll be better on paper when the 2019 season begins.

“We don’t have an (infinite) amount of dollars to be playing with, in any marketplace,” Cashman said in that same interview from Las Vegas last month. “So I think if you want to ask about something that fits more.”

I’d argue that when you have a chance to sign a player with 184 career home runs before his 26th birthday, you find a way to make him “fit” -- and maybe they still will. But, to be fair, the Yankees don’t really need to improve their outfield, not with Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton and a record-setting 267 home runs.

What’s the excuse with Machado? They certainly have room for an infielder with his talent, but all indications are that Machado will either sign with the White Sox or the Phillies in the coming days.

Yankees fans were told, again and again, that staying under the luxury-tax threshold for 2018 was a priority to save money for this offseason. Now it’s here, and they’re cheaping out. What a tease.

“We’re going to leave no stone unturned," Hal Steinbrenner said on ESPN radio this fall. "You’ve heard me say that a million times.”

He can say it all he wants, but the Yankees are apparently going to leave a pair of 26-year-old superstars on the market. The much-anticipated 2018-19 offseason is nearing an end without the Yankees making that splash everyone had anticipated for years.

No Machado. No Harper.

LeMah-who?

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