MAJOR Yankees Trade Update - Report Reveals NEW Target...

We have a major New York Yankees free agency update to go over today as a new target has been revealed for the Yankees as Brian Cashman will look to change the infield around with a lot of pitchers who the Yankees do have as an option to move on from considering their starting pitching rotation is already set for next year between their four-star pitchers and Ryan Weathers is also damn good. The Yankees, they do have some starting pitchers who do become expendable because of this. And honestly, it will lead to them being able to make moves for positions of need. No position of need is bigger than third base as well. Ryan McMahon has struggled. The Yankees want to move on from him. And also, second base is less of an issue because between Luis Garcia Jr. and Anthony Volpe, it's not a position that we're too worried about. What I'm worried about is if you guys would miss out on Yankees content. 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We got videos and YouTube shorts coming out every single day, breaking down all the latest New York Yankees news updates and everything else on the channel and guys here's the thing we look at the Yankees right now and we look at what they need the most and honestly I think we would all agree it's a third baseman there's other positions they could use they could use another catcher specifically Ryan Jeffers in free agency they could definitely use some more bullpen arms considering how many free agents they have and just resigning theirs but to me third base is the obvious answer right here and now they've had a target who has come up on their radar before and Matt Chapman who has been made available as guys Matt Chapman trade idea has tested the Yankees fit and honestly it's the type of move that the Yankees should be interested in but there's one caveat that we are going to talk about today because it does really change how much interest the New York Yankees should hold in Matt Chapman but here we do see it get discussed as it was mentioned by Joel Rutger that Chapman is the one high-priced veteran that the San Francisco Giants might be able to flip and on top of that he's consistently been a 4.0 bWAR excuse me player over the last few years overall Chapman becomes someone who the Yankees have an opportunity to make a trade for because they do have the options that they do have the guys that makes this move very much possible and the Yankees infield right now their third base base is a problem and right now their third baseman is Ryan McMahon. McMahon has struggled a bunch with the .213 batting average at .635 OPS this season and also his fielding being down from what it usually is there was not a lot of value that he was bringing I mean technically zero based off his WAR being a zero now McMahon did not really play well enough to really have the Yankees even consider him coming back to the team and Matt Chapman obviously he's had better years his batting average wasn't very good at a .235 and a .692 OPS is not good either he did have a 2.7 WAR though and with this type of with these type of stats there is a good chance that if the Yankees are able to make a move for instance trading someone like Clark Schmidt for him well they probably wouldn't have to pay the entire contract that just wouldn't have to happen and on top of that though his contact has been terrible recently the expected batting average is low the hard hit percentage is low we do see is still one of the best fielders at the third base position a very good fielder who moves really well he does have the potential to bounce back he's someone the Yankees could kind of go for and depending on the package they would not have to pay all this contract we know the Giants have money and they're willing to pay some so if the Yankees give him a pitcher that's more valuable than what they currently have for Matt Chapman's contract there is a good chance the Yankees can kind of get the Giants to hold off on giving the Yankees that entire contract and the Giants would probably eat some of it which does make for a much different conversation now in this trade what we do see is the Yankees giving Clark Schmidt and Kyle Carr in a deal where Matt Chapman would go to the Yankees it's the type of deal that look again the Yankees they overall would definitely add a lot of money to their team around 16 million dollars but at the same time what it also does is it gives them a real opportunity to have a third baseman who they can trust and I do think that is a very very big point on this right now is the whole situation at hand where the Yankees really do need someone to play this position And Chapman, look, he's making $25 million through 2030. Is it necessarily a good contract? No. And that's what I mean. There's a chance the Yankees would have to pay some of it, probably the first two years. But the second two years would likely go back to the Giants in this deal. And honestly, I think it's worth it for the Yankees, based on the fact that there's very few options in the infield. I mean, there's really not much that the Yankees can do externally in free agency to add another infielder to the team. The only option is Luis Arraez. Arraez who obviously we will talk about he's a second baseman we're not going to see him switch to third because he just played super well at second base and the Yankees will definitely look into Arraez for sure but at the same time they'll look at Chapman he's a great fielder who overall kind of just fits the fact that the Yankees don't like a batting average which honestly I don't really love the idea of another low average hitter a guy who struggles to get on base he would be someone I'd want at the back end of the batting order but he does solve the third base problem for years he's a bridge gap guy if the Yankees cannot bring in Terry Yukisato to the team it's honestly not their worst option do I love it am I going to sit here and go crazy over Matt Chapman no but it is going to help the team and that is something that we can't deny they would be better off I mean New York would surrender some rotational value and also Kyle Carr's development upside but the pitching depth it does there's a lot of it the Yankees do have so there is that that they could look at and I think part of the requirements for the deal would be that he's recovering Chapman is recovering from core muscle and hernia surgery and it's a full no trade clause that would require his approval and the expected recovery isn't a guarantee so you have to check that salary retention before judging judging the price and I think one of the things is here if the Yankees take a flyer on a guy recovering from a hernia surgery dealing with a core muscle injury and he has a no trade clause so he would tell the Giants yep I'm all right with going to the Yankees I do think it's one of those situations where the Yankees would certainly certainly be able to go in there and basically say we're not paying this full contract you're taking half this money back whether it's we're paying 12.5 every year for him or we're paying 25 the first two years for him and then nothing the next two I think both of those are very real options and I think it's the only way a trade would ever get done for the Yankees to bring Chapman in because that contract is not aging well at the same time Chapman is better than Ryan McMahon in every single sense of the word he's just a better player he would have had more home runs that he you know played a bit more but he was injured and honestly at the same time we don't see anything that McMahon did better not fielding not offensively so even though yes and look I think maybe they'll be able to get rid of McMahon and I'm not saying it's the best option but it's one of those that the Yankees will have to consider because the other option is what throwing McMahon out there for another year having McMahon and Rosario again a move that did not work this does give you an everyday third baseman is it a great option well if he bounces back from surgery actually he has played quite well in the past so it's possible he's never been a great contact hitter obviously the Yankees don't care about contact and I want them to so I prefer them to get someone who has good on base percentage again Terry Uchisato to me is the guy the Yankees should go all out for to also really get back into the Japanese market we saw Joel Sherman say the Yankees plan on doing that but guys I do want to know what you think about this move so let me know in the comments down below what you want to see comment A if you do want to do the trade say yes upgrade third base comment B if you only would do it if salary gets retained or comment C if no you'd rather protect the pitching you rather just wouldn't go out there and do this type of deal it just wouldn't make sense now again part of the caveat here is as well would the Yankees ever put would they ever put Anthony Volpe at third base or even if they would bring back Jazz they put him at third base sure and is that a better option maybe we see the comment of the day today mentioning right here that overall we saw Waters 20 mentioned that I would like to see them bring back Jazz on a two to three year deal he hit 19 home runs and stole 40 bases in a down year he also ranked 13th in batting average i think he's going to have a bounce back year his personality reminds me of Nick Swisher and he put too much pressure on himself going for 50 going for the 50 50 season i don't hate the idea of bringing Jazz back would he be locked at second base i think it depends and i definitely don't think so if Jazz is willing to play third base i could also see the Yankees trying to bring him back and move him around a little bit and see what works if they do that maybe Volpe goes to third base is that really an upgrade though only if Jazz bounces back but at the same time a Chapman trade you're asking for him to bounce back from an injury so a lot to look at guys let me know your thoughts in the comments down below like this video subscribe turn on post notifications have a great day and go Yankees