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It’s not the third baseman you’ve been reading about in connection to New York…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The New York Yankees have begun the season hovering around .500, and there are a few glaring team needs.<\/p>\n

The lack of a solid third baseman is the issue least likely to resolve itself for the Yanks, meaning that a trade before July\u2019s deadline is in order. Could a former St. Louis Cardinals All-Star be the answer to this problem for the Bronx Bombers?<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Bleacher Report\u2019s Kerry Miller\u00a0wrote that\u00a0third base is indeed New York\u2019s most worrisome team weakness.<\/p>\n

\u201cStarting pitching is \u2026 a major concern for the Yankees \u2026 but it might be fine by July,\u201d Miller wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThird base is a different story, where the Yankees have gone with a revolving door of Oswaldo Cabrera, Oswald Peraza and Pablo Reyes thus far without much success.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKind of seems like the plan here was to throw things at the wall for a few months, see if anything sticks and make a trade if nothing does.\u201d<\/p>\n

New York has been linked to Nolan Arenado for months, but if a deal hasn\u2019t happened by now, Arenado-to-the-Yankees is probably\u00a0dead in the water.<\/p>\n

Instead of Arenado, the Yanks might target a former Cardinal who made an All-Star team with the club in 2019: Paul DeJong.<\/p>\n

Since playing six-plus seasons with the Cards to begin his Major League career, DeJong has played for the Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, and Washington Nationals, with whom he signed a one-year, $1 million deal this past February (per Spotrac).<\/p>\n

Despite his journeyman status, DeJong is still only 31 years old and capable of adding significant slug to any lineup.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s off to a less-than-ideal start to 2025 with the Nationals, slashing .200\/.238\/.300, much lower than his career .228\/.295\/.417.<\/p>\n

DeJong\u2019s plate numbers are sure to rise, though, and he\u2019ll be popping up in trade rumors aplenty, just as he did last season while hitting 24 home runs.<\/p>\n

Expect the Yankees to monitor the DeJong situation between now and July unless Cabrera magically morphs into Alex Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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