{"id":9419,"date":"2024-11-17T13:51:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T13:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=9419"},"modified":"2024-11-17T13:51:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T13:51:43","slug":"yankees-rizzo-replacement-gets-60-million-in-contract-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=9419","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Rizzo Replacement Gets $60 Million in Contract Prediction"},"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\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1487391296-e1731369239736.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1487391296-e1731369239736.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1487391296-e1731369239736.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1487391296-e1731369239736.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees' Rizzo Replacement Gets $60 Million in Contract Prediction\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty Anthony Rizzo looking ahead with eye black on<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees have been linked to Christian Walker over the past few months. Walker would be a clear replacement for Anthony Rizzo after the team declined his club option. While Walker is getting older, he\u2019d be an excellent piece to the Yankees, as the right-handed hitting first baseman has done nothing but get better each step of the way.<\/p>\n<p>For the Yankees, saving money is important. Walker won\u2019t be cheap, but he won\u2019t get a contract the Yankees can\u2019t pay. In the latest prediction from Tim Kelly of Bleacher Report, the 34-year-old landed a three-year, $60 million deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cChristian Walker is going to offer an interesting alternative to Pete Alonso for teams looking to add an impact first baseman this offseason. An oblique injury cost Walker a little more than a month this past season, but he still homered 26 times, drove in 84 runs and posted an .803 OPS,\u201d Kelly wrote on November 11. \u201cHe also won his third consecutive Gold Glove at the position, posting seven defensive runs saved and 13 outs above average in more than 1,100 frames at first base for the Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWalker will turn 34 next March, which is going to limit the amount of years he gets on the open market\u2026 But Walker has been one of the best overall first basemen in baseball over the last three seasons. For a team looking to add thump, strong defense and a veteran clubhouse presence, he makes quite a bit of sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Yankees Could Get Into \u2018Bidding War\u2019 for Walker<\/h2>\n<p>The talk of the offseason has been centered around the New York Yankees and New York Mets getting into a bidding war for Juan Soto. However, that might not be the only player both squads are fighting for.<\/p>\n<p>With multiple high-end players on the market, the Yankees and Mets could battle it out more than once.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bob Nightengale, there\u2019s a real possibility of the Yankees and Mets getting into a \u201cbidding war\u201d for Walker despite other clubs being interested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are at least six teams who plan to aggressively pursue Walker, with everyone involved from the New York Yankees to the Diamondbacks to the Washington Nationals, believing he\u2019ll come at less than half the price of Alonso. He could ultimately be involved in bidding war between the Yankees and Mets,\u201d Nightengale wrote on November 7.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Is Walker a $20 Million AAV Player?<\/h2>\n<p>Number-wise, there aren\u2019t many first basemen in Major League Baseball than Walker. That isn\u2019t to say he\u2019s one of the top three players at the position, but he\u2019s right up there with the best of them.<\/p>\n<p>$20 million isn\u2019t a ton in the modern era, but it still isn\u2019t a cheap amount, and ultimately, the Yankees could use that $20 million for Soto.<\/p>\n<p>However, having a good first baseman is important, and if the Yankees retain Soto, the idea should be to build the best team around him. Walker would give them just that, even if his price isn\u2019t cheap.<\/p>\n<p>The slugger has 95 home runs in the past three seasons and would likely be looking at more than 100 if it weren\u2019t for an injury that kept him out last campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees have the money, and without a clear Rizzo replacement in-house, Walker would be the best option.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Conahan covers the NBA and NFL for Heavy.com. Since 2019, his sports coverage has appeared at Sports Illustrated, oddschecker, ClutchPoints and Sportskeeda. 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