{"id":5145,"date":"2024-11-02T15:16:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T15:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=5145"},"modified":"2024-11-02T15:16:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T15:16:21","slug":"breaking-yankees-pursuit-of-120-million-slugger-may-be-clouded-by-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=5145","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Yankees Pursuit of $120 Million Slugger May Be \u2018Clouded\u2019 by Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2179685567_043769-e1730552962387.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2179685567_043769-e1730552962387.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2179685567_043769-e1730552962387.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2179685567_043769-e1730552962387.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees GM Brian Cashman\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"875\" data-img-load-time=\"1022\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Yankees GM Brian Cashman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brian Cashman has been the\u00a0Yankees\u00a0general manager for the last 26 years, and considering the organization\u2019s history of volatility in that role, he probably does not have to worry about job security much, even with the Yankees\u2019 sitting on a 15-year World Series championship drought, one of the longest in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>That championship drought has been a point of contention for Cashman, who has long insisted that the 2017 Yankees could well have won the World Series if they were not \u201ccheated\u201d (as he says) by the\u00a0Houston Astros\u2018 sign-stealing scandal. Cashman has been openly hostile to all things Astros in the years since.<\/p>\n<p>But would that preclude him from pursuing one of the most important cogs in that Houston title team, especially if that cog could be a perfect fit for the Yankees roster? That is an important question this winter as the Yankees prepare to reconfigure their infield, with third base coming in as a top priority.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because the biggest free-agent third baseman available is Alex Bregman, who has spent all of his nine-year career as an anchor in the Astros lineup.<\/p>\n<h2>Alex Bregman an Ideal Fit at 3B<\/h2>\n<p>Bregman makes sense for the Yankees, assuming the plan is to move Jazz Chisholm to his more natural second-base spot. Chisholm was acquired in July, ahead of the MLB trade deadline, from the\u00a0Marlins, and though he had ample experience as a second baseman, had not played third before. But he held up at the position for the stretch run, even if only temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees are likely to let free-agent second baseman Gleyber Torres walk this winter and move Chisholm back to second base, leaving a gaping hole at third. Bregman, who\u00a0hit 26 homers and batted .260 this season, could be ideal.<\/p>\n<p>While Bregman won\u2019t be cheap and the Yankees\u2019 priority will be keeping outfielder Juan Soto in place, his projected contract at Spotrac\u2013four years, $120 million\u2013is not out of the Yankees\u2019 range, especially if the team uses cost-effective prospects like Jasson Dominguez, Spencer Jones and\/or Ben Rice going forward.<\/p>\n<h2>Yankees\u2019 Brian Cashman Still Resents the Astros<\/h2>\n<p>But then, there is the whole Astros-cheating connection, and Cashman\u2019s disdain for Houstonians.<\/p>\n<p>Writes MLB Trade Rumors\u2019 Anthony Franco<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlex Bregman\u00a0is the only star third baseman available in free agency. He\u2019s a strong fit for the roster on paper, but a pursuit could be clouded by the Astros\u2019 sign-stealing scandal. Cashman has continued to take shots at the 2017 Houston team that beat the Yankees in the ALCS, doing so as recently as last week. \u201c<em>I hate the 15-year (pennant drought) because it completely forgets and discounts that some other organization cheated us. \u2026 I think we would\u2019ve been advancing<\/em>,\u201d the GM said in an appearance on MLB Network\u2019s High Heat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fair to assume a large portion of the fanbase feels similarly. While that doesn\u2019t inherently mean the Yankees won\u2019t consider Bregman, it\u2019s a complicating factor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyYankees GM Brian Cashman Brian Cashman has been the\u00a0Yankees\u00a0general manager for the last 26 years, and considering the organization\u2019s history of volatility in that role, he probably&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Yankees Pursuit of $120 Million Slugger May Be \u2018Clouded\u2019 by Scandal - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=5145\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Yankees Pursuit of $120 Million Slugger May Be \u2018Clouded\u2019 by Scandal - 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