{"id":26993,"date":"2025-01-17T13:51:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T13:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=26993"},"modified":"2025-01-17T13:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T13:51:57","slug":"yankees-slugger-shockingly-predicted-to-land-60-million-deal-with-phillies-sporting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=26993","title":{"rendered":"Yankees slugger shockingly predicted to land $60 million deal with Phillies | Sporting News"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>Alex Verdugo&#8217;s lone season with the New York Yankees didn&#8217;t go quite as planned.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his strong fit in the clubhouse and above-average defense, the 29-year-old spent his only season in pinstripes struggling mightily at the plate.<\/p>\n<p>During a contract year, that&#8217;s typically never a good sign, and reports are that Verdugo is &#8220;staring at&#8221; the decision to settle for a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>However, a prediction from Drew VonScio of Newsweek surprisingly takes a counter view \u2014 believing the left-handed slugger could land a four-year, $60 million with the Philadelphia Phillies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Verdugo is expected to sign a four-year deal worth $60.8 million. This comes out to $15.2 million per year for the outfielder who will turn 29 years old in May. He would be a reasonable option for the Phillies to help contend in the National League East,&#8221; VonScio wrote.<\/p>\n<p>After seeing what the market has looked like this offseason, it&#8217;s difficult to imagine Verdugo getting that type of deal in both length and total amount.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off the worst season of his career since becoming a regular player, Verdugo slashed .233\/.291\/.356 with 13 home runs, 61 RBI and an 83 OPS+.<\/p>\n<p>Verdugo is talented enough to land a contract as a bounce-back candidate, but it would be a surprise if it amounted to a long-term deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More New York Yankees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yankees are &#8216;logical pursuers&#8217; of projected $500 million superstar<br \/>\nYankees urged to sign All-Star hurler in final &#8216;stunning&#8217; offseason move<br \/>\nOne major issue is keeping Yankees from trading $37 million two-time All-Star<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The market for Alex Verdugo has been quiet, but one MLB analyst predicts a big contract coming for the former New York Yankees slugger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26993","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 - 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