{"id":56680,"date":"2025-05-21T21:19:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56680"},"modified":"2025-05-21T21:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:19:44","slug":"insider-links-yankees-to-signing-star-120-million-infielder-from-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56680","title":{"rendered":"Insider Links Yankees to Signing Star $120 Million Infielder From Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1451090893-e1747852187591.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1451090893-e1747852187591.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1451090893-e1747852187591.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1451090893-e1747852187591.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Insider Links Yankees to Signing Star $120 Million Infielder From Rival\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Yankees linked to star third baseman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees are linked to signing a star player this free agency to bolster their infield.<\/p>\n<p>MLB insider Jim Bowden of The Athletic expects Boston Red Sox star infielder Alex Bregman to opt out of his deal. He signed a three-year, $120 million deal, but Bowden thinks he will opt out and believes the Yankees will be interested in him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast offseason in free agency, Bregman made it clear that if he didn\u2019t return to the Astros, he wanted to sign with the Red Sox. And he did. Turning down more years and dollars from the Tigers in the process,\u201d Bowden wrote. \u201cHe quickly became the team leader in Boston and is having his best offensive season in years with a .386 on-base percentage, 11 homers and 17 doubles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBregman, who is making $40 million this year and signed for two more years at that rate, will likely opt out of his deal,\u201d Bowden added. \u201cHis free-agent market should be even more robust than last offseason. With the Red Sox joined by the Yankees, Tigers, Astros, Phillies and even the Dodgers. He would be an upgrade for all of them at the hot corner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bregman would be the Yankees\u2019 starting third baseman, which has been a need for years. The Yankees still have no clear answer at third base, and Bowden believes they may wait for Bregman in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Bregman is a two-time All-Star.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Bregman Not Focusing on Looming Free Agency<\/h2>\n<p>If Bregman does opt out of his deal, he would be one of the top free agents available.<\/p>\n<p>The star infielder had a unique free agency last year, but he should have more teams interested in him. However, he says he isn\u2019t thinking about opting out. Instead, he\u2019s focusing on helping the Red Sox win baseball games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made a decision to come play for the Boston Red Sox, and I\u2019m super excited to be here playing for this ballclub\u2026 I\u2019m focused on where my feet are right now,\u201d Bregman said. \u201cAnd trying to compete and focus on winning games this season and winning the game today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bregman is a one-time Silver Slugger Award winner and a one-time Gold Glove Award winner.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Yankees Third Baseman Likely Out For Season<\/h2>\n<p>New York began the season with Oswaldo Cabrera as the team\u2019s starting third baseman.<\/p>\n<p>However, Cabrera suffered a fractured ankle, and Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed he\u2019s likely to miss the entire season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still don\u2019t know,\u201d Boone said. \u201cI would say probably unlikely. Probably won\u2019t know until a week, 10 days in to where we get the doctors\u2019 protocols. And then you get the ramp up as you go. So it was a little more involved in there, but I think all things considered, fairly successful too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Cabrera was placed on the IL, New York activated DJ LeMahieu to start at third, and he\u2019s eager to return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel good,\u201d LeMahieu said. \u201cI think rehab went well; I accomplished what I needed to accomplish. Just excited to get it going again, fired up to help this team out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LeMahieu is in the fifth year of his six-year, $90 million deal.<\/p>\n<p>Cole Shelton Cole Shelton covers the NHL and MLB for Heavy.com. He has covered pro and college sports since 2016, including bylines at BJ Penn, USA Today, SB Nation, Rotowire, Canadian Baseball Network and more. More about Cole Shelton<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Yankees News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees are linked to signing a star player from a rival team to bolster their infield in free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56680","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>Insider Links Yankees to Signing Star $120 Million Infielder From Rival - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56680\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Insider Links Yankees to Signing Star $120 Million Infielder From Rival - 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