The New York Yankees have a laundry listing of positions so as to add now that free company has begun. With Aaron Decide, Andrew Benintendi, Anthony Rizzo and others now in the marketplace, there are instantly loads of holes within the roster that gained 99 video games and the American League East final season.
On prime of that, the crew is at all times trying to enhance, even the place there are established starters.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman adressed this, saying:
“Presently, we do not have a proper fielder, we do not have a left fielder. At all times like to enhance the pitching. And I acknowledged in my New York press convention that we have now some youngsters pushing in on the infield. So, there will be, I might suppose, most likely going to be loads of thrilling alternatives that might play out subsequent spring.”
Cashman’s statements appear to indicate that whereas the crew has wants that should be addressed in free company, shortstop is not one in every of them.
Final 12 months’s acquisition Isaiah Kiner-Falefa did not pan out fairly just like the crew had hoped, however he is perhaps the starter once more subsequent season.
If not, the Yankees do have a number of younger prospects, a few whom contributed down the stretch and within the postseason, who may take that job. That features prime prospect Anthony Volpe, Oswaldo Cabrera and Oswald Peraza.
Cashman appears to consider that they’ve who they want for that place, which implies they may most likely not be going after Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson, Carlos Correa or Xander Bogaerts.
He did point out that he is at all times open to enhancing positions which have established gamers, so the likelihood is not completely dominated out.
Who would be the Yankees shortstop subsequent season?
Among the many 4 prospects, Peraza most likely has one of the best shot at being the beginning shortstop on Opening Day. He supplanted Kiner-Falefa on the place and is a superior defender to Cabrera.
Cabrera can play nearly wherever on the sphere, so he is perhaps elsewhere. Volpe won’t be main league prepared by the point the season begins, which leaves Peraza.
They might additionally signal a one-year stopgap like Jose Iglesias or Elvis Andrus, however that is far much less seemingly.
