{"id":26351,"date":"2025-02-16T02:20:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T02:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26351"},"modified":"2025-02-16T02:20:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T02:20:54","slug":"former-yankees-top-prospect-emerges-as-potential-trade-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26351","title":{"rendered":"Former Yankees top prospect emerges as potential trade piece!"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/02\/GettyImages-1692742207-e1739651369899.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1692742207-e1739651369899.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1692742207-e1739651369899.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1692742207-e1739651369899.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"New York Yankees\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"976\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1361\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Oswald Peraza named as trade chip 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>\u00a0former top prospect has been named as a trade candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Oswalda Peraza is the former Yankees\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/does-former-top-prospect-oswald-140000516.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">top prospect<\/a>\u00a0but he has failed to live up to the hype. With Peraza entering a critical spring training, FanSided MLB analyst Rucker Haringey named him as one of New York\u2019s biggest trade chips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeraza faces a make-or-break Spring Training with the Yankees since he\u2019s out of minor league options. He faces an uphill climb to win a spot on the team\u2019s Opening Day roster which opens up the possibility that he can be had in a preseason trade,\u201d Haringey\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fansided.com\/3-biggest-trade-chips-yankees-entering-spring-training\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe bloom may be off Peraza as an elite prospect, but he\u2019s still an above-average defender who can play multiple infield positions. A team with a hole at shortstop could convince themselves that rehabilitating him with regular major league at-bats could be their best course forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peraza has a chance to compete for a job in spring training. But, with Anthony Volpe locked in at shortstop, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. likely shifting to second base, it will be hard for the former top prospect to be an everyday player.<\/p>\n<p>Peraza is 24 years old and hit .200 in 10 ABs with the Yankees last season. In his MLB career, he\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/oswald-peraza-672724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">hit .216 with 4 home runs and 17 RBIs in 74 ABs.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Analyst Expects Minor Return for Peraza<\/h2>\n<p>Despite Peraza being just 24 and a former top prospect, Harigney doesn\u2019t think New York will get much of a return for him.<\/p>\n<p>Peraza would likely be claimed off waivers if he fails to make the Yankees Opening Day roster. With that, Haringey thinks New York would likely have to trade him for a mid-tier prospect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Peraza fails to play well enough in the spring to earn a spot on the Yankees\u2019 major league roster then it\u2019s unlikely he\u2019ll command much return in a trade,\u201d Haringey wrote. \u201cThe longer he seems to remain in contention to carve out a spot with Aaron Boone\u2019s team the more Cashman might be able to ask for him in a potential trade. Similar to the case with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/marcus-stroman-yankees-stater-bullpen\/\">Stroman<\/a>. Getting a mid-tier prospect in exchange for Peraza would be good business for the Yankees. That would be a disappointing end to his tenure with the club. But, it\u2019s better than letting him go for nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peraza signed with the Yankees as an International Free Agent in 2016.<\/p>\n<h2>Yankees GM Likes Team\u2019s Chances<\/h2>\n<p>New York lost in the World Series to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>\u00a0and has done a good job in the offseason reloading is roster.<\/p>\n<p>Despite losing Juan Soto, the Yankees have added the likes of Max Fried, Devin Williams, Cody Bellinger, and Paul Goldschmidt. With that, the goal for the Yankees\u2019 general manager is to win the AL East. Then, it is to compete in another World Series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to find a way to do that continually and reassess everything we\u2019re doing to find a way to navigate all opponents,\u201d Cashman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6137352\/2025\/02\/14\/yankees-brian-cashman-dodgers-mets-payroll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a>. \u201cHopefully, we can find a way, in 2025 for instance, to navigate the American League East, frst and foremost. And, the entire American League second, and push ourselves into the World Series. I know (the Dodgers) are the odds-on favorite. It doesn\u2019t mean they will (win the World Series). We\u2019d like to be in a position to take another shot at a title. I got too much respect for all the teams that we got to go through first before we get there, and we\u2019ll see. Everybody\u2019s got to raise their game always, on a year-in and year-out basis. I don\u2019t care who it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.draftkings.com\/leagues\/baseball\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">has the third-best odds<\/a>\u00a0of winning the World Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Oswald Peraza named as trade chip for Yankees. The\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0former top prospect has been named as a trade candidate. 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