{"id":31998,"date":"2025-03-10T07:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T07:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=31998"},"modified":"2025-03-10T07:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T07:53:18","slug":"yankees-could-acquire-108-million-ace-in-blockbuster-deal-to-replace-gerrit-cole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=31998","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Could Acquire $108 Million Ace In Blockbuster Deal To Replace Gerrit Cole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees recently received bad news about their ace, Gerrit Cole. Cole has been experiencing some soreness in his throwing elbow, and it seems to be concerning the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>Cole was recently sent to undergo further testing, but the situation appears bleak, and New York could be in the market for a pitcher to replace its ace.<\/p>\n<p>Dayn Perry of\u00a0CBS\u00a0Sports recently\u00a0linked the Yankees to a blockbuster trade\u00a0for San Diego Padres&#8217; ace Dylan Cease if the Cole injury news gets any worse. Spotrac projects Cease to\u00a0sign for $108 million\u00a0when he lands in free agency after the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2603186\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-dylan-cease.webp?w=790&amp;f=3618e77d1cc9cd58b139a5f26bec798d 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2603186\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-dylan-cease.jpg?w=790&amp;f=3618e77d1cc9cd58b139a5f26bec798d 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2603186\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-dylan-cease.webp?w=900&amp;f=78ab7ef515738fd89143f1738921f064 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2603186\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-dylan-cease.jpg?w=900&amp;f=78ab7ef515738fd89143f1738921f064 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2603186\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-dylan-cease.webp?w=790&amp;f=3618e77d1cc9cd58b139a5f26bec798d 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2603186\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-dylan-cease.jpg?w=790&amp;f=3618e77d1cc9cd58b139a5f26bec798d 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2603186\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-dylan-cease.webp?w=450&amp;f=3af51147513ee1410d798f647c9368e6 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2603186\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-dylan-cease.jpg?w=450&amp;f=3af51147513ee1410d798f647c9368e6 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2603186\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-dylan-cease.webp?w=1200&amp;f=27c4df7ca0c6679a32d4a2f41c78665f\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2603186\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2603186\/san-diego-padres-pitcher-dylan-cease.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=27c4df7ca0c6679a32d4a2f41c78665f\" alt=\"San Diego Padres pitcher Dylan Cease\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">SURPRISE, ARIZONA &#8211; MARCH 6: Dylan Cease #84 of the San Diego Padres pitches during a spring training game against the Texas Rangers at Surprise Stadium on March 6, 2025 in Surprise, Arizona.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Matt Thomas\/San Diego Padres\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The Padres are in cost-cutting mode and may be looking to move Cease and his $13.25 million salary as he heads into his walk year,&#8221; Perry wrote. &#8220;The 29-year-old right-hander is coming off a 2024 campaign in which he struck out 224 batters in 189 \u2153 innings, put up a 3.10 FIP, and finished fourth in the NL Cy Young balloting. That&#8217;s not an aberration, as Cease has topped 200 strikeouts in each of the last four seasons and amassed a WAR of 16.0 over that same span.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Padres are reportedly asking a huge return for Cease. San Diego doesn&#8217;t need to trade him, so it has all the leverage in a potential deal.<\/p>\n<p>New York could put together a package centered around a player like Will Warren or Spencer Jones to bring Cease in. Adding Cease would be a rental, but the Yankees have the money to sign him in free agency next offseason regardless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees recently received bad news about their ace, Gerrit Cole. 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