HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE YANKEES NEW "OUTSIDE THE BOX" OPTION FOR SHORTSTOP?

Well this one is a doozy, but I am not surprised at all.

Last week, Buster Olney made an appearance on the Michael Kay Show and they talked more about the Yankees and their ongoing shortstop saga. You can hear it for yourself HERE and then pick your jaw up off of the ground if needed. It was called "outside the box" and that's definitely one way to describe it.

Look, we all heard Brian Cashman said that the Yankees were going to address the need for shortstop one way or another....and this is definitely one way. Not THE way I would choose but Olney says the Yankees "have talked a little bit....internally" about trading for Oakland A's third basemen Matt Chapman to fill the Yankees need at shortstop.

But, why? He's among the games top defenders as a third basemen. He's played ten innings at shortstop and one of those came in 2020. The Yankees like to get creative and I admire thinking outside of the box but....haven't we already been down this road?

The Yankees experimented with this idea already when they moved Gleyber Torres from second to shortstop and we all now how badly that ended. Now the Yankees have "talked a little bit" about another possible solution. Hopefully this was a quick conversation.

No offense to Chapman, I do think he is amongst the best third basemen in the game. If the Yankees were looking for help at he hot corner then he deserves a longer look. But they aren't. We need a shortstop. We've needed a shortstop for a long time and not just ANY, but the right one.

It's time to stop this idea of taking someone out of their natural element and experimenting at another position. That's not what will help improve this team. The Yankees need an actual shortstop. Their are options besides Carlos Correa also. Sign Andrelton Simmons or trade for Nick Ahmed or pick any other name.....as long as they actually play shortstop.

Do I think the Yankees are serious about this idea? No, but at the same time after watching the failed Torres experiment it's hard not to get frustrated just hearing about it. It's been a season without an actual shortstop so it's already overdue. We just need an actual shortstop....not another experiment.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj