{"id":34293,"date":"2025-03-19T07:28:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T07:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34293"},"modified":"2025-03-19T07:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T07:28:47","slug":"breaking-yankees-could-reunite-with-60-million-star-following-shocking-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34293","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Yankees Could Reunite With $60 Million Star Following Shocking Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees decided to move on from outfielder Alex Verdugo this offseason and the former Yankee has yet to sign a contract to play elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Brendan Duty of The Athletic reported Verdugo has\u00a0yet to receive a single major league contract offer. The fact that Verdugo remains unsigned has utterly shocked his former manager Aaron Boone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe a little bit surprised because he&#8217;s without question a big-league player and a big-league starting player, for me,&#8221; Boone was quoted as saying. &#8220;It just probably hasn&#8217;t lined up money-wise and team-wise and need-wise, but he was great with us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2609794\/new-york-yankees-outfielder-alex-verdugo.webp?w=790&amp;f=3461f3138dc8cbb681ce946406f43a04 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2609794\/new-york-yankees-outfielder-alex-verdugo.jpg?w=790&amp;f=3461f3138dc8cbb681ce946406f43a04 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2609794\/new-york-yankees-outfielder-alex-verdugo.webp?w=900&amp;f=6dbeb92bf32735a3ef0bcc03e02e418d 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2609794\/new-york-yankees-outfielder-alex-verdugo.jpg?w=900&amp;f=6dbeb92bf32735a3ef0bcc03e02e418d 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2609794\/new-york-yankees-outfielder-alex-verdugo.webp?w=790&amp;f=3461f3138dc8cbb681ce946406f43a04 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2609794\/new-york-yankees-outfielder-alex-verdugo.jpg?w=790&amp;f=3461f3138dc8cbb681ce946406f43a04 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2609794\/new-york-yankees-outfielder-alex-verdugo.webp?w=450&amp;f=6e5764fad1bf48e8b3528518b2dcb470 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2609794\/new-york-yankees-outfielder-alex-verdugo.jpg?w=450&amp;f=6e5764fad1bf48e8b3528518b2dcb470 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2609794\/new-york-yankees-outfielder-alex-verdugo.webp?w=1200&amp;f=089fc94442b1c42f658f8537709cf3a0\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2609794\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2609794\/new-york-yankees-outfielder-alex-verdugo.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=089fc94442b1c42f658f8537709cf3a0\" alt=\"New York Yankees outfielder Alex Verdugo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">NEW YORK, NY &#8211; OCTOBER 29: Alex Verdugo #24 high fives Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees during the World Series game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium on October 29,&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">New York Yankees\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yankees captain Aaron Judge also shared his confusion in this development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am surprised,&#8221; Judge said, according to Duty. &#8220;He&#8217;s such a great player. He brings so much value and versatility to a team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the backing of seemingly the entire coaching staff and locker room paired with the Giancarlo Stanton-sized hole in the designated hitter spot, the Yankees could look to reunite with Verdugo this season.<\/p>\n<p>Stanton&#8217;s potentially looking at a season-ending injury. Adding Verdugo to replace him might not be the worst option. Let me explain.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously the 28-year-old has the backing of Boone and Judge. Adding him wouldn&#8217;t stick him in the DH slot for 162 games like Stanton&#8217;s role. Adding him would allow the Yankees to be more flexible with their outfield. This could turn the DH slot into a makeshift off day for players like Judge and Jasson Dominguez.<\/p>\n<p>It won&#8217;t come at the price tag Spotrac put on him before the offseason (four years, $60 million), but a one year deal worth around $10 million could be in play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees decided to move on from outfielder Alex Verdugo this offseason and the former Yankee has yet to sign a contract to play elsewhere&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Yankees Could Reunite With $60 Million Star Following Shocking Report - 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