What will the New York Yankees do to boost their lineup at the trade deadline?
The trade deadline is always crucial for the New York Yankees.
Credit to the Yankees--they're always in the playoff hunt. That means this month, as is always the case, they'll be looking for ways to beef up their roster in their quest for a World Series--something they've been missing since 2009.
The third base position is an obvious area that the Yankees could look to upgrade. Now that Jazz Chisholm Jr. is back in his natural position at third base, New York is deploying an unproven platoon of Oswald Peraza and Jorbit Vivas at the hot corner.
However, one of the most prominent voices in Yankees media believes New York will bring in a much bigger bat to play third.
On Friday, Jimmy O'Brien of Jomboy Media predicted that the Yankees would acquire Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez on the most recent episode of the "Talkin' Yanks" podcast.
"I think it's Suárez," O'Brien said. "I've been going deep into every trade article, every Reddit forum, everything. We've been saying there's not, like, a 'seems like they're gonna go get that guy,' and this week, the last couple days, that started to present itself.
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"I reserve the right to change my mind, but for the first time, I spent all day today, every article, I kind of just prepped, and I was reading... it was like, 'Yankees, Eugenio,' and I was like, 'oh, okay.'"
Suárez, 33, had an OPS of .863 and 29 home runs, most among all third basemen, entering play on Saturday. He's the biggest rental bat any team could hope to acquire--if the D-backs are willing to move on from him.
There will likely be stiff competition to bring in Suárez, because other contending teams like the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, and Milwaukee Brewers all need third basemen as well. But the Yankees are the Yankees, so it's unwise to doubt them.
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