Breaking: New York Yankees ‘Engaged’ In Talks With Superstar as Plan B To Soto

The New York Yankees have reportedly remained “engaged” with the agents of this superstar slugger.

As the New York Yankees continue to exchange names with the San Diego Padres about a potential trade package for superstar Juan Soto, they are also still talking to the agents of another outfielder.

According to Brendan Kuty of The Athletic, the Yankees remain engaged in talks with Scott Boras and Boras Corp about Cody Bellinger.

Regarding Soto, Kuty reports that the Yankees are “reluctant” to part with top talent such as top pitching prospect Drew Thorpe, and young major leaguers Anthony Volpe and Jasson Dominguez.

If this is truly the case, and the Yankees and Padres can’t find common ground on Soto, it would make the most sense for New York to sign Bellinger as Plan B.

Bellinger, 28, won NL Comeback Player of the Year with the Chicago Cubs last season and captured the NL MVP Award with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019.

Bellinger would provide much-needed left-handed pop to the Yankees’ lineup, which would work well with the short porch in right field at Yankee Stadium.

He also brings versatility given his ability to play all three outfield spots as well as first base. First baseman Anthony Rizzo is coming back from a concussion issue and is a question mark, and Dominguez will miss half the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.

While the Yankees are trying to land Soto, it will cost them in terms of top prospects and potentially young major league talent. Bellinger would be a strong fall-back option that would only cost money, and they remain active in his market.

 

 

 

 

 

Rangers’ Adolis Garcia voted postseason MVP by New York baseball writers

NEW YORK — Texas slugger Adolis García won the Babe Ruth award as postseason MVP in a vote by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

García hit .323 with eight homers and 22 RBIs in 15 games as the Rangers won their first World Series title.

Retiring managers Dusty Baker and Terry Francona and retiring slugger Miguel Cabrera will receive the William J. Slocum/Jack Lang Award for Long and Meritorious Service.

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New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole won the Sid Mercer/Dick Young New York Player of the Year Award for going 15-4 with an American League-leading 2.63 ERA and 222 strikeouts. Cole also will receive his first Cy Young Award at the chapter’s annual dinner on Jan. 27.

Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor will receive the Joe DiMaggio Toast of the Town Award, and the 1999 Mets infield of John Olerud, Edgardo Alfonso, Rey Ordóñez and Robin Ventura will get the Willie, Mickey and the Duke Award.

Former Yankees reliever Ramiro Mendoza was voted the Casey Stengel You Could Look It Up Award for in 1998 becoming the first player to win the World Series with the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.

Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen, who returned to his job after his wife, Nicole, died of a brain tumor in August 2022, will receive the Arthur and Milton Richman You Gotta Have Heart Award.

Pitcher Liam Hendriks, who returned last season following treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, was given the Joan Payson/Shannon Forde Award for Community Service, and reliever Adam Ottavino will get the Ben Epstein/Dan Castellano Good Guy Award.