{"id":26239,"date":"2025-01-14T22:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T22:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=26239"},"modified":"2025-01-14T22:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T22:35:08","slug":"new-york-yankees-sign-failed-former-top-new-york-mets-prospect-as-paul-goldschmidt-backup-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=26239","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees sign failed former top New York Mets prospect as Paul Goldschmidt backup-plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees are reportedly bringing in a failed former elite New York Mets prospect to be a potential backup plan to Paul Goldschmidt.<\/p>\n<p>This has been a busy offseason for the Yankees. While they surprisingly lost superstar outfielder Juan Soto in a bidding war with the Mets, they have made a slew of big moves to improve a roster that was already good enough to get to the World Series in October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: New York Yankees and Mets get bad Roki Sasaki news: 5 impact pitchers they could target instead, including Max Scherzer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They gave Atlanta Braves All-Star Max Fried the richest contract ever given to a left-handed pitcher. Make a pair of big trades for star closer Devin Williams and one-time NL MVP Cody Bellinger. Then followed that up by bringing in another former NL MVP and future Hall-of-Famer Paul Goldschmidt.<\/p>\n<p>The Yanks are far from done this winter, and a new report claims they are bringing in an interesting backup option to Goldschmidt that Mets fans will be very familiar with.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New York Yankees payroll (2025):<\/strong> $273.3 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"h-new-york-yankees-sign-former-new-york-mets-star-prospect-dominic-smith\">New York Yankees sign former New York Mets star prospect Dominic Smith<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MLB-Houston-Astros-at-Boston-Red-Sox-23973497.jpg?w=788\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3642px) 100vw, 3642px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MLB-Houston-Astros-at-Boston-Red-Sox-23973497.jpg?resize=428,285 428w, https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MLB-Houston-Astros-at-Boston-Red-Sox-23973497.jpg?resize=788,525 788w, https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MLB-Houston-Astros-at-Boston-Red-Sox-23973497.jpg?resize=196,131 196w, https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MLB-Houston-Astros-at-Boston-Red-Sox-23973497.jpg?resize=465,310 465w\" alt=\"New York Yankees sign failed former top New York Mets prospect as Paul Goldschmidt backup-plan\" width=\"3642\" height=\"2428\" \/><figcaption>Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Monday night, MLB.com reported that the New York Yankees have agreed to a minor league deal with veteran first baseman Dominic Smith.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 and 2017, Smith was, arguably, the top prospect in the New York Mets farm system. The talented defensive player made his big league debut in 2017 and had a very disappointing first 49 games at the big league level.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dominic Smith stats (Career): .246 AVG, .313 OBP, .403 SLG, .717 OBP, 64 HR, 259 RBI, 237 R<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While he had moments of promise in the following five seasons, lesser-known prospect (at the time) Pete Alonso was able to take the first base opportunities away from Smith with an All-Star rookie season in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has bounced around to three different teams since departing New York in 2023. As a bench player, he is a solid addition that plays good defense and can offer a pinch hitter with pop option if he earns a spot with the big league roster in spring training.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: New York Yankees trade rumor on Marcus Stroman may open door to rare win-win trade with New York Mets soon<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees are reportedly giving a failed former New York Mets top prospect a chance as a Paul Goldschmidt backup in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26239","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 sign failed former top New York Mets prospect as Paul Goldschmidt backup-plan - 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