{"id":93343,"date":"2025-01-06T19:22:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T00:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=93343"},"modified":"2025-01-06T19:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T00:23:19","slug":"yankees-pursuing-trade-second-baseman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/01\/06\/yankees-pursuing-trade-second-baseman\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Pursuing Second Base Options Via Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees have had quite the busy offseason thus far, and they don&#8217;t appear to be done just yet. According to <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/43261112\/teams-winning-mlb-offseason-need-move-dodgers-yankees-mets-braves\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Passan<\/a>, the Yankees are currently seeking a trade to add a second baseman to their roster. Specifically, they inquired about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/arraelu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Arr\u00e1ez<\/a> of the San Diego Padres and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/luxga01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gavin Lux<\/a> of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Lux is now off the board after being dealt to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. With the departure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/torregl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gleyber Torres<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/27\/gleyber-torres-detroit-tigers-agree-to-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">to the Detroit Tigers<\/a>, the Yankees are in need of a second baseman. They could opt to move <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chishja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jazz Chisholm Jr.<\/a> over to his natural position, but that would leave third base open. Either way, New York needs another infielder to fill out the lineup.<\/p>\n<h2>Yankees Looking to Trade for Second Baseman<\/h2>\n<h3>Arr\u00e1ez vs. Lux<\/h3>\n<p>Neither player stands out in terms of their defensive skills, but Arr\u00e1ez is notably the better hitter. Though Arr\u00e1ez is known for rarely striking out and always hitting for a high average, that&#8217;s about all the three-time batting champion provides. With an OPS of .790 and 28 home runs in his entire career, the Yankees could very easily overspend on Arr\u00e1ez, who has one year left on his contract and will earn $13.7 million. Still, his consistent average and contact skills would easily be an upgrade from their current situation at second.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Luis Arr\u00e1ez since 2022:<\/p>\n<p>.328 BA<br \/>\n.371 OBP<br \/>\n.797 OPS<br \/>\n576 H<br \/>\n164 RBI <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cAshWDMq3I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cAshWDMq3I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LGY (@letsgoyanks_) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/letsgoyanks_\/status\/1876310127042863177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The grass would not have been much greener on the other side. Lux has a career OPS of .709 (.703 last season), and produced a 2.1 brWAR over 139 games last season. His speed is a plus, and his defense is better than that of Arr\u00e1ez. But with the 27-year-old on his way to Cincinnati, the Yankees will have to seek out another second baseman.<\/p>\n<h3>The Return Package<\/h3>\n<p>The Padres may want to get something in return for Arr\u00e1ez before he hits free agency next offseason. They would also clear a lot of cap space in dealing him, which lowers his price in terms of prospects.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees already dealt one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/21\/yankees-prospect-caleb-durbin-profile\/\" target=\"_self\">most prized prospects<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=durbin000cal&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caleb Durbin<\/a>, in the Devin Williams<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/13\/brewers-trade-all-star-closer-devin-williams\/\" target=\"_self\"> trade<\/a>. New York could look to trade their sixth starting pitcher, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stromma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Stroman<\/a>, as his potential role next season remains unclear. However, it&#8217;s unlikely that either team would take on his $18 million salary. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/perazos02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oswald Peraza<\/a>, a once highly-touted prospect who is out of minor league options, is also a potential trade chip. The infielder hasn&#8217;t had a true crack at the majors, and a change of scenery could be beneficial for both sides.<\/p>\n<h3>The Takeaway<\/h3>\n<p>With Gleyber Torres gone, the Yankees have to fill in second base. Otherwise, they may be forced to slot in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/31\/dj-lemahieu-role-in-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">an aged<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lemahdj01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ LeMahieu<\/a> or an unreliable prospect in the infield. They could also move Chisholm back to his natural position, but then they would have to pursue a third baseman (which isn&#8217;t totally preposterous). A deal for Arr\u00e1ez or another alternative would solidify the Yankees infield and make their lineup much more formidable come next season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees have had quite the busy offseason thus far, and they don&#8217;t appear to be done just yet. According to ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Passan, the Yankees are currently seeking a trade to add a second baseman to their roster. Specifically, they inquired about Luis Arr\u00e1ez of the San Diego Padres and Gavin Lux [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5148,"featured_media":93386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1071,35],"tags":[696,2055,1057,5149,3384,285,5853],"class_list":["post-93343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yankees","category-mlb","category-news","tag-dj-lemahieu","tag-gavin-lux","tag-gleyber-torres","tag-jazz-chisholm-jr","tag-luis-arraez","tag-marcus-stroman","tag-oswald-peraza"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93388,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93343\/revisions\/93388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}