The New York Yankees have several positions they need to upgrade this off-season, but they will likely only have the green-light to spend big money on one or two free agents. They have the necessary pieces to trade for a pitcher or infielder, but general manager Brian Cashman shouldn’t be conservative with his spending.
Considering the Yankees are one of the most profitable teams in baseball and have been working under their earnings significantly the past few seasons, they can easily afford to go out and land a player like Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves. In fact, the Yankees rank as one of the top destinations for Freeman during free agency 2.0.
Freeman is a difference-maker, and might cost about half as much as Carlos Correa, the star shortstop who would fill another glaring need in the Yankees’ lineup. The Yankees reportedly seek a much cheaper stopgap at shortstop who can hold the down position until either Anthony Volpe or Oswald Peraza are ready to take over. Freeman helps to justify that.
Freeman is coming off a lucrative 2021 season, hitting .300 with 31 homers and 120 runs scored. His 15.4% strikeout rate is a number the Yankees would love to have in their batting order, and a lefty of his caliber in Yankee Stadium would be magical.
This post was published on 2022-01-20 07:45
