{"id":60988,"date":"2025-06-12T00:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T00:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=60988"},"modified":"2025-06-12T00:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T00:30:47","slug":"new-york-yankees-linked-to-intriguing-pursuit-of-proven-nl-slugger-before-trade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=60988","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees linked to intriguing pursuit of proven NL slugger before trade deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An MLB analyst believes if the <strong>New York Yankees<\/strong> make a big trade before next month\u2019s MLB trade deadline, it likely will be to add even more thump to their lineup. And <strong>Arizona Diamondbacks<\/strong> slugger Eugenio Suarez could be that addition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Yankees\u2019 title odds are looking good. To stay there: They need more pitching for sure, though the Yankees have done a great job of piecing things together so far. A more impactful pickup might come from a power bat for third base, with Arizona\u2019s Eugenio Suarez leaping to mind as an ideal fit,\u201d ESPN\u2019s Bradford Doolittle wrote this week.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Heading into Wednesday night, hitting really hasn\u2019t been a problem for the Yankees. The top club in the American League East is third in MLB in runs, runs batted in, and total bases. They are second in average, behind only the Los Angeles Dodgers. And there 107 home runs are the most in the league. Yet, third base has been an issue all season.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Eugenio Suarez stats (2025): <\/strong>.224 AVG, .298 OBP, .498 SLG, .796 OPS, 18 HR, 48 RBI, 40 R<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The hope was that 2024 deadline addition Jazz Chisholm Jr. would slot in to be their second baseman all season. However, after a season-ending injury to Oswaldo Cabrera and mediocre play from greybeard DJ LeMahieu at third, the former Marlins All-Star has been moved back to the hot corner.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old Suarez is clearly in an age-based statistical decline and is an average defender. However, the 12-year veteran is a proven power bat. He has hit 30 or more homers five times during his career. Furthermore, if he doesn\u2019t deliver for the Yanks in the second half, he comes off the books after this season. And they can try to address third again in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>If New York can\u2019t make notable additions to bolster the staff for the stretch run, going with a lineup that bludgeons its way back to the World Series may be the plan. It worked for the Texas Rangers during their title run two seasons ago.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><strong>More New York Yankees rumors and news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Headlines<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An MLB analyst believes if the New York Yankees make a big trade before next month\u2019s MLB trade deadline, it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":60989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1695,81,885,2188,1442,39,1431,44,272,40,889,295],"class_list":["post-60988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-american-league-east","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-dj-lemahieu","tag-eugenio-suarez","tag-jazz-chisholm-jr","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-marlins","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-trade-deadline","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-oswaldo-cabrera","tag-texas-rangers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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