Juan Soto sent an opposite-field home run off the scoreboard during the opening weekend of Spring Training.

For fans, watching their major acquisition of the offseason do this brought plenty of excitement for the upcoming 2024 season. The question remains, even with Soto in pinstripes, did the front office do enough to build a World Series champion?

The Yankees made two trades early in the offseason to acquire both Soto and Alex Verdugo. As time went on, the front office refused to spend money but eventually added Marcus Stroman to the rotation. There were some major pieces left, including Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Josh Hader, that would have improved the Yankees and they missed on.

As each domino continued to fall, you could see fans justifying not spending by assuming Soto will sign in free agency next year. The two sides will not be getting a deal done and Soto will hit the open market looking for an insane contract. That is fine for next year but is this team ready to win in 2024?

The Yankees have one of the top pitchers in baseball in reigning AL Cy Young award winner Gerrit Cole. After that, it is a rotation full of question marks. There is no telling what Stroman will be, if Carlos Rodon will be healthy, and if Nestor Cortes and Clake Schmidt can be viable starters.

The other big question mark — health.

This is what plagued the Yankees last season. Aaron Judge went back to his injury-riddled ways, missing time with a toe injury. New York missed the postseason as it all began to unravel over the course of the summer. Soto and Verdugo lengthen a lineup that is expected to be one of the best in baseball at full strength.

The final concern is the bullpen. This is where Hader would have been a major upgrade as closer. The Yankees have always sported a strong bullpen but that does not mean that they are in the clear this season. Wandy Peralta is gone. The jury is still out on Clay Holmes as a shutdown closer. The Yankees will also have to rely on Jonathan Loaisiga and Tommy Kahnle.

This season for the Yankees has a lot of high-scoring games written all over it. The lineup will produce at a high level if healthy while the rotation and bullpen remain question marks. If New York gets a career year from the likes of Cortes and Schmidt, the team has a chance to make a run in the American League.

To answer the major question being asked, it seems like there was not enough done to become World Series favorites. With that being said, the Yankees have a chance to win it all if it all comes togethers in the right way.