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The New York Yankees are going to have new outfielders standing in all three positions this season.<\/p>\n

Following the departure of Juan Soto in free agency, the front office made a trade for Cody Bellinger that will put him in the center field spot and move Aaron Judge back to right, giving them a much better defensive unit in those two areas compared to what they had last year.<\/p>\n

However, there could be a downgrade when it comes to their left fielder.<\/p>\n

The Yankees decided to acquire Alex Verdugo from the Boston Red Sox in December 2023 in a rare trade between the rivals, hoping the lefty slugger would provide enough of a bat with his five straight seasons of posting the league average OPS+ of 100 or higher, while also bringing solid defense to the equation.<\/p>\n

He did the latter, finishing the campaign with a defensive bWAR of 0.2, but he had the worst season of his career at the plate with an OPS+ of 83, hitting only 13 homers and 61 RBI across his 149 games.<\/p>\n

Because of that, New York let him walk in free agency, opting to turn the keys over to their star prospect Jasson Dominguez in hopes he can provide better offense.<\/p>\n

Verdugo was on the open market for longer than just about anyone expected, not finding a home until now, with Jon Heyman of The New York Post reporting he has agreed to a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the Atlanta Braves.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see what type of season the veteran outfielder has this year.<\/p>\n

Things didn’t work out for him with the Yankees, but that could be the outlier based on what he has done previously in his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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