The New York Yankees love to platoon, and skipper Aaron Boone has made that known over the past few years.
With analytics changing the game and trying to get favorable matchups every single day at the plate, he probably needs another right-handed bat or two for him to run the team the way he wants.
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The problem for the Yankees is that they have a lot of other needs on both sides of the baseball, as all contending teams will be searching for pitching at the deadline, and there’s obviously a need for an offensive player in the infield to come in and bring some juice to this lineup, even more than what it already has.
Interestingly enough, it sounds like the Yankees are going to look at a slew of options, according to The Athletic. One name that came up again was Corey Seager, so it’s interesting to think about going after him again if last year’s reports were true.
“The Yankees seemingly could use another right-handed bat either to platoon with outfielder Trent Grisham or somewhere on the left side of the infield. They likely miss Randal Grichuk, who has hit .296 (8-for-27) with four home runs in 29 plate appearances since joining the Chicago White Sox. The Yankees designated him for assignment in late April.
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“Last trade deadline, the Yankees were open to upgrades at shortstop. According to the New York Post’s Joel Sherman, the Yankees had at the time talked with the Texas Rangers about Corey Seager. It would stand to reason they may be open again to bolstering the position and potentially turning José Caballero and Anthony Volpe into utility types. The Yankees promoted top prospect George Lombard Jr., a shortstop, to Triple A at the end of April. But he’s struggled offensively there, hitting .198 through his first 23 games, and they shouldn’t rush the almost-21-year-old,” Brendan Kuty of The Athletic wrote.
The idea of bringing in a right-handed platoon bat plus somebody like Seager would go a long way for this Yankees team.
Unfortunately, I’m not sure if the Yankees are really going to want to take on much of Seager’s contract, as the left-handed hitting shortstop has dealt with a lot of injuries throughout the past few seasons. On the flip side, he’s one of the better players in baseball, so it’s very possible that New York is content with bringing him in and hoping that it works out.
