The Yanks are always searching for players on the cheap, and someone like Didi Gregorius could be on their radar instead of guys like Corey Seager and Carlos Correa when it comes to shortstop. Why? That's because they have youngsters on the farm that they are eagerly waiting for. The thought would be to bring someone in like Didi just to buy them time for the new young guys. NJ.com writes:
"Brian Cashman’s search for a new shortstop could lead him back to an old, familiar friend: Didi Gregorius...
The 31-year-old Gregorius is well-known to the Yankees, having played for them from 2015 to 2019...Gregorius hit a career-high 27 home runs for the Yankees in 2018.
And the $14 million he is owed in 2022 is a drop in the bucket when compared the expected nine-figure contracts the fab five free-agent shortstops...
Acquiring Gregorius for the 2021 season could be a nice stopgap move while the Yankees waits for top prospects Anthony Volpe and Oswald Peraza to be ready for their MLB debut, perhaps as early as 2023."
And when it comes to the Yankees... this makes a hell of alot of sense. The Yanks are doing their best to balance youth with veteran players and something like this doesn't ruin the future of those young guys, instead, it buys time. Sadly, for many of their decisions it's about the next year and not the now, so that bothers me, but Didi could be a quick fix and the right now. I don't love it, but I can learn to.
We shall see.
Didi is the perfect solution for NYY at SS. He's a lefty batter, & Phillies do not need him in 2022.
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