{"id":10473,"date":"2024-11-20T06:13:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T06:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=10473"},"modified":"2024-11-20T06:13:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T06:13:06","slug":"new-york-yankees-insider-claims-all-star-from-al-central-could-soon-be-top-trade-target-to-replace-anthony-rizzo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=10473","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees insider claims All-Star from AL Central could soon be &#8216;top trade target&#8217; to replace Anthony Rizzo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <strong>New York Yankees<\/strong> insider has linked the team to a potential blockbuster trade for a slugger from one of the teams they just beat in the MLB playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>This is going to be an interesting next few weeks and months for the Yankees. While they had a fantastic season in 2024, for a team with lofty expectations, falling short in the World Series was a major letdown. Now they must try and keep the key pieces of this year\u2019s team while also improving the roster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: New York MLB analyst suggests wild New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs trade that includes Yanks top prospect<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s first big move of the offseason was to lock ace <strong>Gerrit Cole<\/strong> into the remaining years on his massive $324 million contract. However, it looks like they have decided to move on from second baseman Gleyber Torres and first baseman <strong>Anthony Rizzo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Now the team must fill those two important roles, not to mention re-sign superstar outfielder <strong>Juan Soto<\/strong>. The club has been linked to several veteran first basemen on the free-agent market. Including one-time NL MVP Paul Goldschmidt. However, in a recent column, The Athletic Yankees reporter Chris Kirshner suggested a star player from the <strong>Cleveland Guardians<\/strong> could soon be a \u201ctop target.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Josh Naylor stats (2024):<\/strong> .243 AVG, .320 OBP, .456 SLG, .776 OPS, 31 HR, 108 RBI, 84 R<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"h-could-the-new-york-yankees-soon-target-a-trade-for-josh-naylor\">Could the New York Yankees soon target a trade for Josh Naylor?<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-ALCS-New-York-Yankees-at-Cleveland-Guardians-24538609.jpg?w=768\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5105px) 100vw, 5105px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-ALCS-New-York-Yankees-at-Cleveland-Guardians-24538609.jpg?resize=428,285 428w, https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-ALCS-New-York-Yankees-at-Cleveland-Guardians-24538609.jpg?resize=666,444 666w, https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-ALCS-New-York-Yankees-at-Cleveland-Guardians-24538609.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-ALCS-New-York-Yankees-at-Cleveland-Guardians-24538609.jpg?resize=196,131 196w, https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MLB-ALCS-New-York-Yankees-at-Cleveland-Guardians-24538609.jpg?resize=465,310 465w\" alt=\"New York Yankees insider claims All-Star from AL Central could soon be 'top trade target' to replace Anthony Rizzo\" width=\"5105\" height=\"3403\" \/><figcaption>Credit: Scott Galvin-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJosh Naylor remains an intriguing option for any team considering him. He has posted three consecutive seasons as an above-average hitter. Including a career-high 31 home runs this past season,\u201d Kirschner wrote. \u201cNaylor is also a frequent pull hitter, which makes him an ideal fit for Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStatcast projects that if Naylor had played all of 2024 at Yankee Stadium, he would have hit 34 home runs, compared to just 27 at Progressive Field.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Josh Naylor contract: <\/strong>One year, $14.2 million (Arbitration estimate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kirschner added that mattering on the asking price, he could \u201cquickly become the Yankees\u2019 top target,\u201d to replace Rizzo at first. The 27-year-old is in the final year of his rookie deal. And is expected to earn around $14 million in arbitration.<\/p>\n<p>He earned All-Star honors for the first time in 2024. And certainly could be a major impact player for New York hitting behind Aaron Judge and possibly Soto.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: MLB insider reveals potential \u2018Plan B\u2019 for New York Yankees if Juan Soto leaves in free agency<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York Yankees insider suggested an All-Star slugger from a top AL Central club could soon be a &#8220;top target&#8221; to replace Anthony Rizzo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New York Yankees insider claims All-Star from AL Central could soon be &#039;top trade target&#039; 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