{"id":20865,"date":"2025-01-21T01:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T01:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20865"},"modified":"2025-01-21T01:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T01:39:16","slug":"breaking-insider-claims-90-million-star-is-prominent-option-as-yankees-third-baseman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20865","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Insider Claims $90 Million Star is \u2018Prominent\u2019 Option as Yankees\u2019 Third Baseman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1635176910-e1737401630191.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1635176910-e1737401630191.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1635176910-e1737401630191.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1635176910-e1737401630191.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"New York Yankees\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"779\" data-img-load-time=\"836\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">DJ LeMahieu a prominen option at third for Yankees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/\">New York Yankees<\/a>\u00a0could be going to an internal candidate at third base for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees had Jazz Chisholm Jr. at third base for their playoff run, but he\u2019s expected to shift to second base. With that, MLB insider Jorge Castillo expects the Yankees to turn to DJ LeMahieu to start at third base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Yankees quickly executed a series of moves in their pivot from Juan Soto, raising the floor on a roster that was top-heavy in 2024, but they could use either a second baseman or third baseman to complete their offseason. If the Yankees acquire a third baseman, Jazz Chisholm Jr. would play second base, or third if they acquire a second baseman,\u201d Castillo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/43397996\/mlb-offseason-2025-rumors-updates-mid-winter-bregman-alonso-trades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">wrote in an ESPN article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDJ LeMahieu remains on the roster for $30 million over the next two seasons, giving the Yankees a prominent internal option for third base, but the veteran\u2019s dreadful, injury-plagued 2024 campaign does not suggest he\u2019s worthy of an every-day role entering his age-36 campaign. Other possibilities on the 40-man roster include Oswaldo Cabrera, Oswald Cabrera and Jorbit Vivas. Expect the Yankees to at least add depth at one of the two positions,\u201d Castillo added.<\/p>\n<p>The insider expects the Yankees to start LeMahieu at third base. The veteran infielder\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/10696\/dj-lemahieu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">is in the fifth year of his six-year $90 million deal.\u00a0<\/a>But he has struggled to stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p>LeMahieu<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/dj-lemahieu-518934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">\u00a0hit .204 with 2 home runs and 26 RBIs in 201 ABs<\/a>\u00a0in 2024 as he dealt with injuries. He\u2019s a three-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove winner, and two-time Silver Slugger winner.<\/p>\n<h2>Yankees GM Expecting a Big Role for LeMahieu<\/h2>\n<p>New York general manager Brian Cashman is expecting LeMahieu to have a big role with the Yankees in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a pro and he\u2019s gonna do everything in his power to be in position to contribute,\u2019\u2019 Cashman said to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/18\/sports\/yankees-remain-engaged-in-free-agent-market-including-with-pete-alonso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">New York Post<\/a> of LeMahieu. \u201cI believe he\u2019ll be healthy going into camp and will look to erase tough memories of the last two seasons. Injuries have derailed him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LeMahieu did play a full season in 2023 but last year he only appeared in 67 games due to injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, as Cashman says, he expects the infielder to be healthy in 2025 and play a big role for New York this season.<\/p>\n<h2>New York Has Checked in on Infielders<\/h2>\n<p>Although Castillo believes LeMahieu will be the third baseman, the Yankees have checked in on some infielders.<\/p>\n<p>New York has been linked to Brendan Rodgers, Luis Arraez, and Jorge Polanco among other infielders.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees have talked with free agent infielder Brendan Rodgers,\u201d New York Post\u2019s Mark W. Sanchez\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/07\/sports\/yankees-check-in-on-jorge-polanco-in-search-for-infield-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThey also have been linked with contact-savant (but defensively deficient) Luis Arraez, who is under contract for one more year with the Padres\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBehind him in the free agent market include the likes of Polanco, Rodgers, Ha-Seong Kim, Jose Iglesias, Yoan Moncada, Kik\u00e9 Hernandez, Whit Merrifield and Paul DeJong,\u201d the article continued. \u201cThe Yankees also could further explore the trade market. Where notably Arraez, the Phillies\u2019 Alec Bohm and the Cardinals\u2019 Nolan Arenado could be pried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees enter the 2025 season\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.draftkings.com\/leagues\/baseball\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">with the third-best odds<\/a> of winning the World Series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty DJ LeMahieu a prominen option at third for Yankees. The\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0could be going to an internal candidate at third base for the 2025 season. 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