Yankees GET HUGE TRADE NEWS| Who's Available?

Yankees fans, we have some stuff to talk about today. Let me know what you think down in the comments. This offseason is reportedly going to move fast and furious. So whatever the Yankees do, you're going to learn about it here. So hit that subscribe button. Hit that notification bell so you don't miss anything. But listen, the Athletics reportedly, if the right offer comes across their table, they'll trade Jacob Wilson because they need starting pitching. And the Yankees have a decent amount of that. Corey Seager is also being made available by the Texas Rangers. Let me know if you guys think the Yankees should go and trade for him, and we're going to start there. Corey Seager, should the Yankees go and trade for the shortstop? Now, obviously, he wouldn't be the shortstop here. He would have to agree to move to third base. He has a no-trade clause, so will he agree to move to third base? I think he would. There's talk out there that he wouldn't, but I think he would because he wanted to come to the Yankees when he was a free agent. So I don't think it's that big of an issue. I think he would come here and play third base. If the Yankees said, hey, we want to trade for you, we'll put you at third. They explored a trade for him last offseason, so maybe they could do the same this offseason, especially since the Rangers have made him available. But what did he do in 2026? Corey Seager hit .227. He hit .227. 20 home runs, 51 runs batted in, a .312 on base, a .736 OPS. He had such a down season. Granted, he only played in 102 games, but in 2024, he also played in 102 games and had a really good productive season for the Rangers. Really good season. Left-handed bat. When he was a free agent, I had my questions around the Yankees signing him because of his injury history. That was a big deal for me, him being available. That was a big deal for me. 2018, he was hurt. 2021, he was hurt. So that was a big deal. And the Yankees did not sign him because of his injury history. And obviously, when you sign a guy to that long of a deal, to a 10-year deal, that back half of it probably doesn't age all that great. Well, now the funny thing is he's being made available in that back half of that deal. And so if you had these reservations about a guy like Corey Seager about the back half of the deal and him being injury prone, well, those two things are still there. He's injury prone in that back half of the deal still there. So obviously, Ryan McMahon would have to go in this trade, but that's only like a he's only on on your books for one season. So, OK, you put McMahon, you trade him to Texas. You take Seager's deal back and maybe you have to trade some more to Texas to get Seager, but maybe not, I don't know. You take Seager's deal back in its entirety and now you're in a situation where a guy, he gets hurt all the time. Does he make sense from a production point of view and defensive point of view? Yes, he does make a lot of sense, but he doesn't stay healthy. That's my thing with Corey Seager. He does not stay healthy and he's 32 years old. He's 32, and he turns 33. When's he turn 33? September 3rd? Okay. So he just turned 32. He'll turn 33 towards the end of the season. Okay, fine. But if I'm the Yankees and you had your reservations about trading for him once upon a time because the injuries and the back half of that deal, well, those two things are still there, unfortunately. So even though I like Corey Seager, I really do. Unless Texas takes on some money, I'm not sure if I want the Yankees to go out and do it. But would he be an upgrade at the position if he were to agree to play third base? 1,000% he would. 1,000%. So I want to know if you guys would make that deal. For me, I'm not entirely sure if I want the Yankees to make that kind of deal. It would depend on what they would have to trade away. It would depend on if Texas were to eat any of his money. We'll see what ends up happening with that. But him being available in the Yankees, showing interest in him a year ago, could they revisit this as a potential upgrade at third base? We'll see. But a lot of things have to happen here for that to happen. He has to agree to play third base first off. You're not going to move off George Lombard Jr. You're just not doing that. It's not happening. But Jacob Wilson, shortstop, Jacob Wilson, the A's are interested in hearing. Deals for Jacob Wilson, hearing offers for Jacob Wilson. Now, Wilson just signed an extension with the A's, but very inexpensive player, right? AAV, 10 million with a team option in 2033. Jacob Wilson last year, what did he do? Hit 266, seven home runs, 298 on base percentage, 685 OPS. That was such a down year from his rookie season. Yes, he only played in 80 games, so he missed half the year last season. Missed half the season. Doesn't strike out a lot. Great quality. His rookie year hit 311, 800 OPS. Pretty good defender. Last year, outs above average. Outs above average was a nine. He has a good arm too. Defensive run saved though, negative six. In 2025, defensive run saved, negative seven. Negative three outs above average. So, okay defender. Not the best. Has a good arm though. And the A's need pitching and they would be willing to move him if they were to get pitching. And the Yankees have a surplus of pitching. However, depending on what you would have to move for Jacob Wilson, he had a down year. He was hurt and he's okay defensively. Not the greatest. If you were to get him, could you move him to third base? He's got the arm for it. But let's go check out. Let's use baseball trade values here. Let's see what it would even take to get Jacob Wilson. I feel like his value has gone down, but he's incredibly affordable contract-wise, so maybe not. But Jacob Wilson, a 46 OAA, it's kind of high. Let's go make this mock trade together. It's kind of high. Baseball trade values, I've said this in the past, it gives you an idea of what it would take to get a certain player. So let's just, did they want starting pitching? Will Warren, Elmer Rodriguez, gets you close to that. It gets you close. Will Warren, Elmer Rodriguez, for Jacob Wilson, if you have to throw another starting pitcher in there, who are you throwing in? Are you throwing in Thatcher Hurd? Are you throwing in Clark Schmidt, 31 years old, a vet? Are you throwing in Clark Schmidt, has a hard time staying healthy? Does that get it done for Jacob Wilson? Do you just send a slew of starting pitching, of controllable starting pitching for Jacob Wilson? Will that even be accepted by Oakland? According to the baseball trade values, it's a fair trade. But would it even be accepted by the Athletics? Have I been calling them Oakland? Formerly known as the Oakland Athletics. Will this even be accepted by them for Wilson? I don't know. I don't know. Because they're not, there's no urgency to trade them. Now, what if you threw in LeGrande Hentz, hear me out, this package, LeGrande Hentz, and you threw in Austin Wells, but you're also getting Shea Langeliers in the deal, a guy who might be made available to by Oakland. A guy who Oakland received some calls about. Now, maybe you take out one of these pitchers. Maybe you don't have to trade a LeGrande Hentz away. But you're trying to sweeten the pot to go get two guys. One guy who turned down an extension from the Athletics. But maybe you don't have to send LeGrande Hentz. You're also trying to sweeten the pot to go get Shea. But according to this, even if you took out Carlos, you got Austin Wells, Clark Schmidt. Elmer Rodriguez and Will Warren going to Oakland for Jacob Wilson and Langoliers. I mean, to be honest with you, if you're prepared to hope, I mean, the Yankees won't extend anybody, Hal said it himself, they don't do that. But if you're confident that you can maybe sign him, is trading Austin Wells worth it? Wells had a good second half of the season. He did. 780-something OPS. Good defensive player. A lot to go over, guys. A lot to think about. But guys, listen, let me know what you think. Down in the comments. Thank you guys so, so much for watching. Would you rather Corey Seager? Maybe you could trade less, a lot less for him because his contract is so expensive and you move McMahon as well, but you're getting an injury-prone player on the wrong side of 30. Or could you get Jacob Wilson, who's 24 years old, Jay Langeliers? That would massively improve your team. You're trading a surplus of pitching away. You're trading Clark Schmidt away. Maybe you would have to add in LeGron Hay into this. Would you do it? That's a lot too, but you're getting two pretty solid players, Shea and Jacob. Jacob got hurt last year. Guys, I just want this Yankee team to improve. That's all. But listen, let me know what you think down in the comments. Thank you guys so, so much for watching. I'll see you next time. Take care.