{"id":20117,"date":"2025-01-18T03:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T03:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20117"},"modified":"2025-01-18T03:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T03:12:15","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-big-prediction-yankees-set-to-sign-dynamic-jack-of-all-trades-gold-glove-winner-%e2%9a%be%f0%9f%92%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20117","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 BIG PREDICTION! Yankees set to sign &#8216;dynamic jack-of-all-trades&#8217; Gold Glove winner! \u26be\ud83d\udca5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime San Diego Padres infielder Ha-Seong Kim is still a free agent as the 2025 regular season nears. Could the New York Yankees be a legitimate landing spot for the 2023 Gold Glove Award winner?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/player\/market-value\/_\/id\/70890\/ha-seong-kim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According to Spotrac<\/a>, Kim&#8217;s market value for a new contract is four years and $49 million. But since he&#8217;s still lingering on the open market this late in the offseason, it seems unlikely he&#8217;ll reach those numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Kim&#8217;s 2024 campaign ended prematurely because of a shoulder injury. His rehab from surgery\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/ha-seong-kim-opening-day-2025-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">won&#8217;t be finished<\/a>\u00a0before opening day, either. The 29-year-old will likely have to settle for a short-term deal that&#8217;s one or two years long. This could be the perfect opportunity for Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, who is still in need of more infield depth now that Gleyber Torres signed with the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2542669\/new-york-yankees-executive-brian-cashman.webp?w=790&amp;f=bad3d48ed705d3eb8af2100f0729b44a 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2542669\/new-york-yankees-executive-brian-cashman.jpg?w=790&amp;f=bad3d48ed705d3eb8af2100f0729b44a 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2542669\/new-york-yankees-executive-brian-cashman.webp?w=900&amp;f=f0950eca5259a6d496f6458bb3a9fe53 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2542669\/new-york-yankees-executive-brian-cashman.jpg?w=900&amp;f=f0950eca5259a6d496f6458bb3a9fe53 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2542669\/new-york-yankees-executive-brian-cashman.webp?w=790&amp;f=bad3d48ed705d3eb8af2100f0729b44a 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2542669\/new-york-yankees-executive-brian-cashman.jpg?w=790&amp;f=bad3d48ed705d3eb8af2100f0729b44a 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2542669\/new-york-yankees-executive-brian-cashman.webp?w=450&amp;f=282fa449c4c4a01cf8794157cefe91fd 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2542669\/new-york-yankees-executive-brian-cashman.jpg?w=450&amp;f=282fa449c4c4a01cf8794157cefe91fd 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2542669\/new-york-yankees-executive-brian-cashman.webp?w=1200&amp;f=1672065761d44c0ae29f2fcc722b2298\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2542669\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2542669\/new-york-yankees-executive-brian-cashman.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=1672065761d44c0ae29f2fcc722b2298\" alt=\"New York Yankees executive Brian Cashman\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; APRIL 08: New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman speaks to the media prior to the start of the game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on April&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Stobe\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/mlb\/who-should-sign-alex-bregman-pete-alonso-best-fits-10-notable-free-agents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FOX Sports&#8217; Deesha Thosar is predicting<\/a>\u00a0Kim will ultimately land with the Bronx Bombers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kim&#8217;s high baseball IQ and defensive versatility and prowess would be a breath of fresh air for a Yankees team that ranked 30th in FanGraphs&#8217; baserunning metrics in 2024 and routinely suffered from defensive miscues, poor fundamentals, and mental lapses in the infield (see: the World Series),&#8221; Thosar wrote. &#8220;The Yankees don&#8217;t need more flashy free-agent signings now; they need a dynamic jack-of-all-trades Gold Glover like Kim who can quietly transform their offensive production.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Acquiring Kim would likely finish the offensive transformation the Yankees&#8217; roster has gone through after losing outfielder Juan Soto to the New York Mets. The Bombers have also acquired former National League MVP Award winners Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt this winter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime San Diego Padres infielder Ha-Seong Kim is still a free agent as the 2025 regular season nears. Could the New York Yankees be a legitimate landing&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udea8 BIG PREDICTION! 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