{"id":54771,"date":"2025-06-10T02:22:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T02:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54771"},"modified":"2025-06-10T02:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T02:22:17","slug":"why-the-yankees-should-have-re-signed-38-home-run-all-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54771","title":{"rendered":"Why the Yankees Should Have Re-Signed 38 Home Run All-Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"has-video 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\/06\/GettyImages-2217895722-e1749491412563.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2217895722-e1749491412563.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2217895722-e1749491412563.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2217895722-e1749491412563.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Aaron Boone, New York Yankees\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"2276\" data-dom-ready-time=\"2370\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even in first place in the American League East, it\u2019s safe to say second base is an area of need for the\u00a0New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Yankees have\u00a0DJ LeMahieu\u00a0and\u00a0Oswald Peraza\u00a0splitting time at second base, with\u00a0Jorbit Vivas\u00a0waiting in the wings at Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre.<\/p>\n<p>While LeMahieu and Peraza are sound defenders, neither has swung the bat particularly well. However, LeMahieu is showing more power this season than last, already matching last season\u2019s total with two home runs in 20 games.<\/p>\n<h2>Was Parting Ways With Gleyber Torres a Mistake?<\/h2>\n<p>Second baseman\u00a0Gleyber Torres\u00a0spent the first seven years of his MLB career with the New York Yankees. Despite criticism from the fan base and media about his perceived lack of hustle, he performed relatively well. Torres even hit a career high of 38 home runs in 2019 at age 22.<\/p>\n<p>Torres owns a .269\/.381\/.394 slash line with five homers, 30 RBIs, and a 122 OPS+ in his first 54 games with the\u00a0Detroit Tigers.\u00a0There\u2019s little doubt he wouldn\u2019t have been a welcome addition to an already potent Yankees offense. Sports Illustrated\u2019s Jack Markowski thinks the\u00a0Yankees should not have moved on so quickly from Torres during the offseason, citing Vivas and Peraza\u2019s poor play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJorbit Vivas and Oswald Peraza both provided nothing of substance in their respective auditions this season, and with Oswaldo Cabrera on the injured list after fracturing his ankle last month, the Yankees had no real choice but to move [Jazz] Chisholm back to third despite second base being his natural position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Torres already has a 1.5 WAR after posting a 1.8 WAR season in 154 games with the Yankees in 2024, when he helped them reach the World Series against the\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tigers have followed up their magical run to the playoffs last year by jumping out to an incredible start this season with the league\u2019s best record at 42-23,\u201d Markowski wrote on Sunday. The Tigers are 43-24 as of Monday, June 9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTorres has played an instrumental role in their success, as he\u2019s tied for the second-most fWAR of any qualified second baseman in the American League with 1.1 while hitting .263\/.377\/.392 in 223 trips to the plate.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>How Can the Yankees Improve Second Base Production?<\/h2>\n<p>Torres signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers, so he is an impending free agent. However, it appears the New York Yankees had no interest in bringing him back to play second base in 2025, so a trade seems unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs LeMahieu\u2019s struggles mount, however, the need for a quality second baseman with Chisholm at third has become increasingly clear, and the club may have let the perfect fit in Gleyber Torres walk away as a free agent this past offseason,\u201d wrote Markowski.<\/p>\n<p>Who might that \u201cquality\u201d second baseman be? The Yankees may have to turn their attention to teams clearly out of the postseason race who desire to strengthen their farm system for future seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Pittsburgh Pirates\u2019\u00a0Adam Frazier\u00a0is a free agent at season\u2019s end. He hits for even less power than LeMahieu, but can play second base or the outfield for the Yankees. Although not a rebuilding team, a reunion with\u00a0Jon Berti\u00a0of the\u00a0Chicago Cubs may be possible, depending on the Yankees\u2019 interest after they non-tendered Berti this past November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Even in first place in the American League East, it\u2019s safe to say second base is an area of need for the\u00a0New York Yankees. 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