Something HUGE is Brewing... (and it's amazing)

Something huge is brewing for the New York Yankees and it is amazing because we know Brian Cashman for a while has wanted to tap back into the Japanese market for baseball talent and with the Yankees needing a clear change at third base everything is working out perfectly for the New York Yankees to get back into that market and acquiring a player who I mean literally could not be more perfect for this team right now as he gets ready to head over to the MLB as the top Japanese target this year and the Yankees this is the type of player that we can all be sure they are going to make an offer to based off position based off really the one position they would actually pay for right now and on top of that also trying to make a big statement in free agency and guys we're going to dive into all this why it's the perfect move for the Yankees and why we will see them go for this and 66% of you guys are not yet subscribed to the channel so make sure to go ahead and do that it is completely free we got videos every single day we got YouTube shorts coming your way as well and we're going to have a lot of fun on this channel and guys diving into it Brian Cashman has said year after year that he really does want to tap back into the Japanese market it's tougher if you're an east coast team Japan is just so much closer to the west coast and obviously we've seen so many players go to the Dodgers recently from that whether it's Roki Sasaki Yoshinobu Yamamoto obviously Shohei would already come over and went to LA to begin with it's not an uncommon theme to see a lot of Japanese players go to the Dodgers where there's so many connections now but we have seen this not always happen Zuma Okamoto did go to the Jays and Munetaka Murakami went to the White Sox and now it's time for the Yankees to make sure Teruyuki Sato goes to the New York Yankees which is certainly a move that we can all see coming now it was mentioned by Yankees worldwide the third baseman slash outfielder Teruyuki Sato Sato is expected to make the jump from Japan's Nippon Baseball League to the MLB this winter. This is the type of move for the New York Yankees. It not only gets them back in there, but also makes a ton of sense for the Yankees. I mean, the Dodgers right now, there's a lot of questions of if they would make a move for a third baseman in general. And the Yankees, we know they would be willing to pay for him, especially because he helps their contact and power hitting so much for this team right now. It just makes a ton of sense for them to make this move. I mean, look, we all know they need to change the third base. Ryan McMahon is not cutting it. We all know he's not. He has not had a good tenure with the Yankees. He's been unable to ever hit for any contact. That's never been his game, but the fielding last year took a bit of a dip as well. McMahon's coming off a season where he had a .213 batting average, a .635 OPS, 11 home runs. He just was not an effective player. His WAR was a 0.0. There's really no way the Yankees can justify having McMahon as their everyday third baseman next year, and Ahmed Rosario was also unable to perform, leading to the Yankees really needing to go out there and get a new third baseman. Obviously, second base is a question as well, because we do have to understand that Jazz Chisholm will not be back with the Yankees as well. It's also pretty likely that we just see Anthony Volpe and Luis Garcia Jr. playing second base most of the time next season. So as long as that's the case, I do think it will make a ton of sense that the Yankees do lock in on third base. and really try to solve that problem. I mean, McMahon in general has not been the guy to use in this situation, so it really does come down to the fact that they need a big upgrade, and they have a chance to really get a big upgrade, as Sato could fit the Yankees' third-base plans pretty much perfectly right now. I mean, we look at a guy in Sato who has had a lot of success in Japan and now gets ready to head over to the MLB. This is a man who last year in 2026 was downright awesome. he had a .306 batting average overall I mean the slugging percentage the OPS is in the 900s it's in the high 900s so I mean nearly over one so overall we do see that this is the type of guy who the Yankees should be going for someone who could hit for contact and be a true leadoff hitter for this team finally giving them a guy who will get on base which is what they need a guy would have .383 on base percentage last year that is what the Yankees really need to look at and understand okay this is the type of move that really gets us back on track right now because we get a guy who could be our leadoff hitter we can then have Ben Rice bat second and Aaron Judge bat third have Bellinger fourth and all of a sudden we're looking at this lineup and things are looking pretty damn good for the Yankees because then they have guys we can get on base a lot more adding just a leadoff hitter really does change things for the Yankees right now and I mean again We look at the numbers. He also had 39 home runs with 106 RBIs, scored 100 runs, had 40 doubles. The man can run. There's no doubt that not only does he get on base, he can move. So he's the type of guy who they should go at. I mean, the power does come with some contact questions. He did strike out a good amount, and the strikeout rate's high, but he walked a decent amount. And overall, there needs some form of translation, but at the same time, when you're hitting over a .300 batting average, having a .383 on base percentage i i can't really become concerned i just don't see how anyone could be if i'm being completely honest guys like i don't think that's a problem at all if anything I think this is really a good sign, I mean the man established his power and then he got a triple crown production in 2026, now he's waiting for his MLB posting news, this also comes with the caveat that there is the lockout that's incoming so Sato will have to be very very strategic on when he posts so he doesn't miss his window and goes back to Japan for another year would be the end of the world for him, no I don't think so at all I mean I really don't think he's gonna lose a ton of sleep over this, but also he's in position to get paid well, last year was kind of strange the payment didn't go over well for any of the guys who came over from Japan I mean obviously Yamamoto got a massive contract offer from both the Yankees and the Dodgers and signed with the Dodgers and the weather was warmer and then after that things were a little bit I mean obviously Roki Sasaki didn't wait he came over before and is on a rookie deal but uh then we look at I mean Murakami who was someone who there was valuations of him getting over 300 million dollars and he signed a cheaper two-year deal with the White Sox because the contracts weren't the same, same thing ended up happening with Kazuma Okamoto who made considerably less money than people thought on the three-year deal he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays and not even be a full everyday player, but for Sato he's better than these guys when it comes to the ability to field and move and get on base and there will be a market for him, especially how damn good Murakami was this season, it shows this translates the power translates the contact pretty much translates solidly, Murakami's not a contact hitter, he's a good baseball player and a great hitter in general, but overall we look at what the third base production is with Ryan McMahon and it just wasn't really gonna do much for you like overall the average, the base percentage, the slugging the OPS none of it went above the 25th percentile in baseball, it was not good, it wasn't at all good, there's no way to really justify it the only way to really justify it is the fact that he's making 15.4 million dollars next year you can't trade that contract no one's going to take it the Yankees are probably going to have to eat it but there's also a chance that McMahon doesn't make it through or he becomes a platoon player for the Yankees and if he does that you know what it's fine he can kind of play a few different positions though he's mainly a third baseman and frankly it is what it is if they have to bring him back on that I'm not going to lose sleep over Ryan McMahon being on the team it's just more we want to see things change up a little bit we are I mean depth chart is going to be a lot different from what it was this season the Yankees fielding was not good enough and at the same time they definitely felt like they were missing out on kind of everything that would really help them and then we look at Sato and look obviously he's going to be talented and he'll play somewhere I mean right now the shortstop game is going to go to George Lombard Jr. third base would be Sato second base would likely be a mix of Volpe and Garcia first base would be a mix of Garcia Rice and maybe maybe Paul Goldschmidt but the yankees looks is sato a left-handed power bat yes do the yankees have a left-handed power bat and Ben Rice yes do i care no i don't care at all look he's a younger alternative to veteran trade targets as well and also the potential to improve the third base outlook and guys we a lot of us know this third base has been cursed ever since Gio Urshela so like they need a third baseman they really do no one's done well they need to make a change Sato is the type of guy you make a move for but I'm curious what you guys think about this let me know in the comments down below like this video subscribe turn on post notifications have a great day guys and go Yankees