The Yankees are going ALL IN...

The New York Yankees are going all in on the catcher position, as despite the fact that Austin Wells will be the main catcher for the New York Yankees going into the 2027 MLB season, there are multiple names who the Yankees are also looking at, as delivered to us by an MLB insider who has revealed the Yankees, they do need a new catcher. And this even includes some names that we have already been very familiar with, or have even played for the New York Yankees in the past They were viewed as the catcher of the future of the Yankees before Austin Wells was. And now, well, it's going to be hard for us to find people who are going to call Austin Wells the future of the Yankees' catching position. But the Yankees still believe in him. However, it doesn't change the fact that they want a right-handed catcher on this team. Last year, they had Jace Scar for a bit. They had Ali Sanchez. And neither of whom were able to do anything better than what Austin Wells did. And the problem with what Austin Wells did was it was a bad season offensively for Austin Wells in every sense of the word. as Wells he found himself in a very difficult spot putting up a 186 batting average and a 624 OPS it got better as the season went on and he is a Gold Glove finalist so Wells certainly does have his strengths and he's also maybe the best ABS challenger in the league however the Yankees want a catcher to hit the ball a bit better just like I want you guys to subscribe to the channel if you are part of that 66% that's not subscribed it's completely free we got videos every day but diving into it there are a few different names that we have to go ahead and look at right here as Joel Sherman did name six catcher options for the New York Yankees going into free agency as there's a lot of free agent options the Yankees can take and now we are seeing a few different ones emerge Yankee report did mention that the Yankees are expected to keep Austin Wells at catcher next season according to Joel Sherman Sherman also mentions Carson Kelly Freddie Freeman Austin Hedges Victor Carantini Luis Campizano and Gary Sanchez that Gary Sanchez as possible fits for backup catcher. Now, obviously, there's a lot to look at here because we look at all these names and you count them, you hear them, and then it's like, I'm sorry, what, 16s? Who? Like, I remember Gary Sanchez because, well, it's Gary Sanchez. He was on the Yankees. He was a future star for the Yankees and forgot how to hit with the Yankees and then ended up in a nice situation in Milwaukee who are closing in on beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, dethroning the champs, which would obviously be nice to see. now there's a few different ways we can look at this for the Yankees right now their depth at catcher is not good at all look i'm higher on Austin Wells than most people are i think his hitting is going to bounce back to a degree and the fielding is so good it does make him an MLB catcher in every sense of the word but they do need to find someone who can play the position better than JC Escarra on the bench or Ollie Sanchez who's also around the Yankees so they need to make a bigger move and we see fans comment on this stuff all the time like seeing right here from Tom Royal mentioning that they should cut Stanton and move on from Jazz and trade for Manny Machado at third base, which obviously is a big, big move, and then tell Judge to get in shape so he doesn't keep getting hurt and trade Trent. Trent is a free agent, he's leaving, and go get a better backup catcher. Out of all of this stuff right here, Tom, the one that we can be sure about more than any is the Yankees are going to get a better backup catcher. And a few names do come in here. I mean, we see Kelly Campisano, both of those two, they do bring bats to this team Carson Kelly right here a very talented catcher would give the Yankees a pretty good hitting for average catcher .258 for a catcher is not bad at all .713 OPS not bad for a catcher at all pretty good in the RBIs department as well, is he the world's greatest fielder? No. Is he fine? Yeah, he is, and he is an offensive catcher in every sense of the word the same goes for Luis Campusano who the Yankees would probably really enjoy bringing in, I mean Overall, .795 OPS and a .265 batting average. This is the type of guy you see, and the Yankees derive an 81-81 game split between these two behind the plate, between Campusano and Wells. This is the ideal scenario. I'm a big fan of Campusano because his on-base percentage is absolutely excellent. I mean, an on-base percentage that ranks 36th in the MLB this past season with a .353. The man gets on base. He works a walk like nobody's business. He does what he has to do. He knows how to get on base, and he also does have some pop in that bat to a degree as well, especially, again, for a catcher where, obviously, catcher, the hitting is a little bit worse. Now, with Kelly, we look at the splits, and there's a guy, Carson Kelly, is so, so, so obviously someone the Yankees are going to go for. Look at these splits. Against left-handed pitchers, Carson Kelly is a 1.079 OPS. Or, that's not possible. OPS. He has a .375 batting average. That is in the 97th percentile of batting average and 96th of OPS. Austin Wells' OPS was in the fours against left-handed pitching. Makes sense to a degree. Wells didn't hit this year, and he's a lefty. Not too surprising. Kelly, he's their guy for lefty pitchers. Wells is a guy for righty pitchers. The Yankees like Wells, and they plan on keeping him around. So I honestly think it's going to be Carson Kelly. If you ask me right now, Chris, who will it be? I would pick Carson Kelly as who I think it is going to be. I think the Yankees will pay him and tell him it's a platoon role, but you're going to play a good deal. We need more righty bats. There will probably be instances where he'd step in as a pinch hitter quite often. There's also probably some instances where he might DH, depending on the injuries that the Yankees are dealing with, because they deal with injuries pretty much every year. But he's not the only guy listed here. I mean, we see Furman and Hedges who bring gloves. Now, the Yankees, they already have one of the best fielding catchers in the business. I would imagine they would rather bring in a second one, or they'd rather bring in someone a little bit different as well. Furman this season, he was not much better offensively than Austin Wells at all. He's someone I don't really see the Yankees going for as much. He'll be on the list, but I could see them being a little bit less interested in it. Austin Hedges, though, yeah, he's a great fielding catcher. Don't get me wrong, but he also hits pretty well. He's just a good catcher, honestly, is the best way to put it. and Hedges is someone who I do think the Yankees will definitely take an interest in as well as a platoon guy to put in there with Wells I think Hedges is up there too when it comes to likelihood of the Yankees making a move now with Furman obviously the man his OPS is in the third percentile of the league his barrel percentage is in the second he's got 0.0 across let's just there isn't any to to be completely real about it so it's a really interesting way to look at it and then we also look at the other side of it that Carontini and Sanchez are complete and utter wild cards of the position I mean we look at Victor Carontini a man who had a 220 batting averaging a .627 OPS someone who feels like a backup option for the Yankees if they can't get anyone better now Carontini there's not a lot to go off of to be like oh that's the move that's who we should go for Gary Al Gary former Yankee doing Gary Sanchez things I mean that's just what's happening he's doing Gary's first of all he gives the Yankees a righty catcher he gives in power .771 OPS is above league average I mean the average is .750 he's in the 75th percentile of OPS he's in the 13th for batting average same Gary Sanchez he can strike out a lot but when he hits the ball the ball goes pretty far I don't see the Yankees going back down the Gary Sanchez role uh back down the Gary Sanchez path rather I just don't think it would happen he's good at what he's good at Sanchez is also in a nice spot in Milwaukee where he was hanging on by a thread for a while for his MLB career, I think him and Milwaukee are going to get a deal done pretty fast, keep him there, considering how well things have gone. I'm curious what you guys think, though. Out of these names, who would you pick if you could pick one? I would also be remiss if I didn't very briefly mention Ryan Jeffers. I know I didn't mention Jeffers. It's because, well, Sherman didn't mention Jeffers, and because I have to stop making stuff up. I read the comments. I am going to do a video on Ryan Jeffers and talk about if that's a likely scenario or if that's not going to happen. That is coming out. it'll come out this weekend obviously we're going to talk about Jeffers because i want Ryan Jeffers i think the Yankees should actually give him a pretty nice offer i would offer him and again i'll go more into detail on this in the weekend but uh i'd offer him like three years like probably 17 million for like per year on Jeffers i think he's damn good and he would also give the Yankees a lead off hitter but uh let me know what you guys think in the comments down below like this video subscribe turn on post notifications if you dare have a great day guys stay safe out there go Yankees