![]() Assuming the Keuchel offer of $12 million is their self-imposed spending limit, the team still has room to add a little more payroll. If the Yankees are serious about contending (as they have every year since 1992), they simply cannot pass up the opportunity to add a premier slugger.īesides, this trade does nothing to preclude them from acquiring a starter. These things don’t matter because Encarnación has two more home runs than anyone else in the AL. This problem was exacerbated when they missed out on signing Dallas Keuchel by just $1-2 million, and then when Domingo Germán landed on the IL. Their 5.45 FIP and 4.76 xFIP are both fifth worst. Their starters have a 6.22 ERA in June- third worst in MLB. It also also doesn’t matter that the Yankees’ biggest need is pitching. ![]() This is further complicated when Stanton and Judge return, giving them three corner outfielders including Frazier. The Yankees already have an infield/DH quandary involving Gio Urshela at third base, Didi Gregorius at shortstop, DJ LeMahieu primarily at second base, and Torres playing both middle infield spots. It also doesn’t matter that he’s an imperfect fit defensively. Within a week, big guns Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge will join them, as both are rehabbing in Triple-A. He becomes yet another right-handed slugger in a lineup presently featuring Gary Sánchez, Luke Voit, Clint Frazier, and Gleyber Torres. It doesn’t matter that he’s an imperfect fit offensively. He has blasted at least 32 home runs every season since 2012, and is well on his way to continuing that streak. The 36-year-old slugging first baseman/designated hitter has a. Edwin Encarnación, his parrot, and his league leading 21 home runs are headed to the Yankees, as first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. ![]()
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