Nolan Arenado’s $260M is Yankees blow and Bryce Harper target

Plan B has evaporated for the Yankees. Nolan Arenado and the Rockies reached agreement on an eight-year, $260 million pact that will keep the slugger from next offseason’s free-agent market. The Yankees privately held more affinity for Arenado than Manny Machado. It was not among the primary reasons they did not aggressively pursue Machado. They…