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Yankees Have Shown Interest In Brendan Donovan, Alec Burleson

By Anthony Franco | November 8, 2023 at 11:14pm CDT

The Yankees have discussed Brendan Donovan and Alec Burleson as potential trade targets, reports Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. That duo are among a number of controllable Cardinals hitters who could find themselves in rumors over the offseason.

Donovan is the higher-profile and more desirable possibility. Over his two major league seasons, the South Alabama product is a .283/.381/.398 hitter. He has walked at an excellent 11.1% rate while keeping his strikeouts to a modest 14.7% clip. Donovan doesn’t have overwhelming power — he’s hit 16 home runs in 839 career plate appearances — but he’s a good pure hitter.

He also brings positional flexibility when healthy. He secured the National League Gold Glove award for utility players as a rookie, when saw notable action at second base, third base and in both corner outfield spots. He played mostly second, left field or first base in the early going in 2023. A forearm strain eventually prevented him from throwing, relegating him strictly to designated hitter in the middle of the summer. With the Cardinals reeling and selling off pieces at the trade deadline, Donovan shut things down entirely and underwent a season-ending surgery to repair the flexor tendon.

That could lead to some trepidation on the part of other teams regarding Donovan’s health. Yet there’s still plenty to like about the player. He’s a season away from qualifying for arbitration and is controllable for five years. He’s an above-average hitter who could either play regularly at the keystone or bounce around the diamond as needed.

The Yankees don’t have a need at second base. Gleyber Torres is on hand, and while New York could contemplate moving him before his final season of arbitration control, Oswald Peraza could step up. Donovan’s plus contact skills from the left-handed batter’s box would provide some balance to a Yankee lineup that skews towards right-handed power bats. New York general manager Brian Cashman suggested yesterday the club would prefer to add some lineup balance — preferably by bringing in an outfielder or two who fit the description. Donovan would be an option to see time in left field.

Burleson is strictly a corner outfielder. He struggled in his first extended major league action this past season, hitting .244/.300/.390 across 347 plate appearances. He struck out only 13% of the time but rarely walked and didn’t hit for much power. His season ended in September when he fractured his left thumb. Goold writes that he underwent surgery and is currently recovering.

A second-round pick in 2020, Burleson has a much better minor league track record than his middling ’23 campaign would indicate. He’s a .306/.356/.486 hitter over 641 Triple-A plate appearances. There’s risk considering he hasn’t yet shown the ability to hit MLB pitching. That could make him a more realistic trade option than Donovan for a St. Louis team looking to reload, however. At the very least, the asking price on Burleson figures to be quite a bit lower.

He doesn’t have a clear path to immediate playing time on a team that also rosters Tyler O’Neill, Dylan Carlson, Jordan Walker and Lars Nootbaar. The Cards could keep him in the minors if they don’t find a deal to their liking. They could also trade one of their more experienced outfielders, of course. Carlson was a reported Yankee target back before the deadline.

There’s nothing to suggest the Yankees and Cardinals have any kind of traction on a trade, to be clear. St. Louis has reportedly set high asking prices on Donovan, in particular, in prior trade windows. The Yankees are surely casting a wide net as they identify targets in their search for outfield help. At the same time, it hints at the possibilities available for St. Louis president of baseball operations John Mozeliak and his front office.

The Cardinals have been clear about their desire to bring in three starting pitchers this winter. It’s unlikely they’ll accomplish all of that via free agency. Mozeliak acknowledged yesterday the club would consider moving a hitter to acquire big league ready or upper minors rotation help (relayed by John Denton of MLB.com).

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  1. TrillionaireTeamOperator

    2 years ago

    These ideas are not exciting…. but then again a lot of these other clubs take these middle of the road players and construct teams that get to the post season and sometimes win the world series… and are relatively ‘cheap’ trades.

    Kind of weird that this is the direction they’re going to be taking… but if it works out- who cares? Honestly, if it’s a world series run with Juan Soto or Brendan Donovan it doesn’t matter.

    Let’s be real here- if a team put together a vaguely promising team every year with a lot of relative unknowns on it and won the world series every year, it would be a lot more exciting than if a team put together a ton of high profile exciting players with individually stratospheric numbers and didn’t produce into and for the Big W in the big WS.

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    • Deadguy

      2 years ago

      Yeah? Lmao John Mozeliak loves gift wrapping “middle tier players” in the offseason? In particular around the 100 year mark of the Curse of the Great Bambino? See Adolis Garcia, and Randy Arozarena…. 2023 and 2020 ALCS MVP winners? El Bombi means “both of them” and that dude wears number 53? Hey how old was Babe when he died? Oscar Taveras Knows…. Line 22

      Gift wrapped…. Gift wrapped… Gift Wrapped… gift wrapped with a Bow Tie

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      • Fernando P

        2 years ago

        Don’t forget Lance Thomas. I would prefer him to Carlson for the Yankees.

        The price on Donovan is too high. I’ve seen Clayton Beeter, Randy Vazquez and Jhonny Brito as a 3-1 deal. No way, Yankees should trade three pitchers for Donovan.

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        • Fernando P

          2 years ago

          Also saw Schmidt, Vazquez and Brito for Donovan. That’s the trade I meant to say was too high. Schmidt is a decent, middle of the rotation arm.

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    • Captain-Judge99

      2 years ago

      Nah after Bader, I would think the Yankees would of learned their lesson to not trade with the Cardinals. They come back in trades with a “walking boot” so an easy pass on these trashy bums.

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  2. Buzzz Killington

    2 years ago

    McKinney for Donovan get it done!!!

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    • Buzzz Killington

      2 years ago

      ssshhhh

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  3. ih8tepaperstraws

    2 years ago

    Dear John Mozaliak, if some one asks for a player you make it happen. Don’t get me wrong, that doesn’t mean trade them for a bucket of balls. But if you get an off that pretty much every other GM in the league would think is a good deal for both sides, you do it. Make your asking prices realistic and move these players while there is still any interest in them for a fair player in return. Your team as it sits is bad, you need way to many pieces to fix it and you can’t get those pieces this year. Acknowledge that and make moves with 2026 in mind. It’s been a good run, with a lot of help from a terrible division over the last decade. But it’s now the Cardinals turn to have to start over and built with the high draft picks you will get from having a bottom five record in the league for a few years. Just imagine the corner stones you could for have from picking in the top 5 of the draft this year and next year.

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    • myaccount2

      2 years ago

      If the Cardinals simply ran it back, I think they would be at least 10 games better than last season. They were flawed but also had some awful luck. They were not fundamentally different than the 2022 product that made the playoffs, though. I don’t think they should be overly eager to sell guys off.

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      • ih8tepaperstraws

        2 years ago

        The 2022 team was any good either. They were only 3 games over .500 against teams outside of the nl central. Like I said, they were the benefactor of playing in an incredibly weak division for several years. Which fooled the fans who just looked at the win loss column into thinking they were good. Last year wasn’t a shock, I predicted well before spring training. And this year will probably be even worse. Which is ok. The worst thing they can do is make makes moves that’s makes them finish in fourth place instead of last. They need to take advantage of being able to draft the elite talent in the draft for a few years which will be the foundation for the next decade of success.

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      • iml12

        2 years ago

        Two Words: Balanced Schedule

        The Cardinals played a much tougher schedule in 2023 and the nl central was much improved. Everyone got better and the Cardinals added Wilson Contreras.

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      • Rbase

        2 years ago

        Position player wise you may be right. Some players had down years, and really the only real bad position was shortstop. But you can not run back a starting rotation that finished bottom 5 of the league in pretty much all categories except inning pitched. They need at least 3 new rotation arms

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    • asdfgh

      2 years ago

      lol someone needs to take their meds 2026, also all GMs make bad moves you do understand that right? Some of you all post to just make yourself seem like a fool. Sound like a central division rival troll or someone who needs to get back on your meds. Winning in 2024!!!

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  4. Old York

    2 years ago

    Yankees dumpster diving.

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  5. YankeesBleacherCreature

    2 years ago

    Donovan is going cost at least Oswald Peraza and a ML-ready young arm.

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    • Daryl Pauley

      2 years ago

      That’s not enough as far as I’m concerned. We don’t need Peraza.

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      • rocky7

        2 years ago

        Ah two middling…no power lefties…..your dreaming as to a return but the Yankees should say a hard no…….not that Peraza is worth a one on one, but not for these two blokes with “potential”…..learned our lesson with Bader……

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        • stan lee the manly

          2 years ago

          Burleson had at least 20 homers both years in the minors, he’s not a “no-power lefty”. 20 hrs paired with a .331/.372/.532 line plays anywhere if a team thinks that production is sustainable in the majors.

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        • mostlytoasty

          2 years ago

          Teams aren’t going to buy high on a guy that hasn’t shown he can replicate his minor league numbers. Bauers was putting up some elite numbers in AAA before he got called up and we know how that went. Same for Chris Gittens two years ago

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        • stan lee the manly

          2 years ago

          I don’t think anyone is asking the Yankees to buy high on Burleson. That’s why a trade of Burleson for a pitcher with similar success at AAA but not much to show at the major league level would make sense.

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      • Captain-Judge99

        2 years ago

        We don’t need Donovan either. (Waste Management) as far as I’m concerned. Does he comeback in a “walking boot” also? Nah easy pass on this trash.

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        • YankeesBleacherCreature

          2 years ago

          That’s really unnecessary.

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  6. The Saber-toothed Superfife

    2 years ago

    All that talk about a porchlight and so few lefties…..

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  7. Domingo111

    2 years ago

    Mo seems to be a bit afraid of pulling the trigger. Thinking long term and keeping assets is a good thing but going into last year the team was clearly having a logjam of position players and a shortage of pitchers and Mo didn’t pull the trigger.

    Having depth is good but as some point you have to make a decision.

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    • asdfgh

      2 years ago

      Offseason hasn’t even technically begun genius calm the f down!

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      • Domingo111

        2 years ago

        I was talking about last off-season

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      • Daryl Pauley

        2 years ago

        Off-season started Monday, 5 days after WS.

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      • Dolla Bill

        2 years ago

        Fyi…. It’s been almost 3 days since offseason began.

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    • Daryl Pauley

      2 years ago

      Mo does appear gun shy about triggering a trade. When I look at our offensive players, I feel the same way. I don’t want to let them except most of the pitchers. Get 13 new ones, keep a couple of the good ones.

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  8. Daryl Pauley

    2 years ago

    Donovan is not going anywhere. He is the spark for this top 5 offense.
    O’Neill might excel in Yankee stadium depending on injuries.

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    • Joe says...

      2 years ago

      An injured right handed bat. That has Cashman written all over it.

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      • ws_champs

        2 years ago

        Agreed. But aren’t they both lefties?

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        • Joe says...

          2 years ago

          I was replying to O’Neill coming to the Yankees. I should have been clearer on that.

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    • rocky7

      2 years ago

      ..Your dreaming again as to a return but the Yankees should say a hard no……..ONeill isn’t worth Peraza one on one……learned our lesson with Bader……

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      • PoisonedPens

        2 years ago

        Nobody “learned lessons” after 25 years at the GM spot, especially with two more GMs on the advisory panel. Wishing an injury-prone player doesn’t get injured does not mean he will or won’t get injured again. Bader was great down the 2022 stretch, then last season was an example of why he’s so infuriating to have on the roster..

        That had nothing to do with the fact that Cashman had already made up his mind Jordan Montgomery was nothing more than an unexciting 4/5 starter. That was an entirely different mistake.. Cashman always wants the flashy stuff pitcher that gets tattooed every other game, hoping they can reign him in with that year’s pitching coach.

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        • ih8tepaperstraws

          2 years ago

          Maybe. The Yankees only traded Montgomery because they thought they had a deal completed with the Marlins for Pablo Lopez, making Montgomery tradable for the CF defense they needed. They pulled trigger pre-maturely though and Miami backed out of their deal. Had Miami backed out first, Montomgery would have never been traded.

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  9. makaio6

    2 years ago

    They can take Burleson, but not Donovan.

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    • Captain-Judge99

      2 years ago

      You can keep both, no thanks. Enjoy your trashy trash.

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  10. Wheeler Dealer

    2 years ago

    Alec Burleson is going to be a .300 hitter not sure on the power

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    • rocky7

      2 years ago

      Ever notice that all the potential Card players who supposedly have trade interest aren’t quite there yet but have “potential” to do something that probably won’e happen…….no thanks!

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      • Cardsfanatik redux

        2 years ago

        you mean like EVERY yankees pitcher? sit down. NY is a terrible trade partner for St Louis. You don’t have the pitching to get Donovan alone, let alone him plus Burleson. nothing happening here anyway.

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        • Dogbone

          2 years ago

          Yankees and the Cardinals are both terrible trade partners – except with each other. Reason is because they both overhype the young players as they come through their systems. Then when they come up to get their big chances, ‘reality usually smacks them into sobriety’.

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      • TeacherTim

        2 years ago

        You mean like Randy Arozarena and Adolis Garcia?

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  11. CardsFan57

    2 years ago

    So they have interest. Do the Yankees have good arms in return?

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    • Joe says...

      2 years ago

      The Yankees have some good arms. Drew Thorpe just won minor league player of the year. Clark Schmidt had a breakout season. I don’t know if it’s sustainable or not but they would be selling high on him. Chase Hampton and Will Warren are pretty good and Clayton Better is intriguing. I’d definitely say the Yankees have the arms in the minors to pull off a trade.

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      • CardsFan57

        2 years ago

        I’d rather the Cardinals not trade Donovan but I could live with trading him for a good arm. They say they want to compete this year. These two pitchers won’t be ready until 2025.

        I’m skeptical the Cardinals will be able to get the pitching they need without subtracting too much from the starting offense. This team was 10th in the NLfor runs scored. They do not have the extra offense to trade. They also don’t sound like they are willing to spend what it takes to sign two top starters so I think they are at least one more year from contention. Some of the young arms in the minors might develop into productive pitchers by then.

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      • stan lee the manly

        2 years ago

        The Cardinals don’t want minor league arms, they want major league arms. Pitchers with no major league experience are not appealing targets for a team looking to compete in 2024.

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        • rocky7

          2 years ago

          And the players mentioned above from the Cards coming back are barely MLB players in their own rights………the Yankees want competent major league players in return, not “players with potential” who have limited to no power, can’t stay on the field, and don’t really have defined positions….”but their defense is terrific”!

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        • RobblyDobs

          2 years ago

          Never say no to a good trade, though. Something based on Beeter for Burleson seems to make sense for both clubs, using surplus to fill gaps.

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        • stan lee the manly

          2 years ago

          Burleson would be fine, he hasn’t established himself as a major leaguer yet and there’s still risk there, just like Beeter. Donovan would make much less sense because he has established that he can hit major league pitching effectively and is a valuable player now.

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        • stan lee the manly

          2 years ago

          You are a poor evaluator of talent Rocky if you think Donovan isn’t a competent major league player. That’s why people much smarter than you have been knocking on the Cardinals door about him already. I cannot imagine a world where having the ability to play multiple positions at an above average level is seen as a bad thing lol

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        • CardsFan57

          2 years ago

          @rocky7
          Yet the article is specifically about the Yankees interest in those players.

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        • walls17

          2 years ago

          Spoiler alert: Every team wants Major League arms…. it’s very hard to get.

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        • stan lee the manly

          2 years ago

          Not really this year. Is the position players that are hard to come by in this particular market

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    • StudWinfield

      2 years ago

      Clarke Schimdt is should be the Cards target here. He pitch fairly well from mid May on. His upside is no more than a #3 but that’s essentially what Montgomery is and being able to make 30 starts a year as an average SP has tremendous value.

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      • n2thecards

        2 years ago

        I would say Montgomery is a strong #2 starter becuse he was exactly that in Texas, helping them all the way to a ring.

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      • CardsFan57

        2 years ago

        Montgomery had the 8th lowest ERA in MLB last year among qualified starters. Wouldn’t that make him the best pitcher for 23 teams? He’s getting a huge payday this year because he’s also been extremely consistent. You can’t say that about the other pitchers on the market.

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        • StudWinfield

          2 years ago

          He pitched excellent down the the stretch and in the alcs but his overall body of work suggests he’s a solid #3 on a good team. Little doubt he’ll get paid like a #2 this off-season.

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  12. Backup Catcher to the Backup Catcher

    2 years ago

    Mo has to make some trades. True, he doesn’t have a big-time star to move, but any one of the extra OF and INF should bring back a decent #3 or #4 SP.

    Gonna have to spend big, maybe bigger than he wants, for guys like Nola, Snell or Monty.

    Time to strike is now. Goldie and Arenado aren’t getting any younger. Plus, Goldie’s second half was not very good.

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    • ih8tepaperstraws

      2 years ago

      That’s why they should look to trade both Arenado and Goldschmidt. Goldschmidt’s contract is up after this season and recent examples suggest his production should significantly drop this year. Arenado is wasted in this last place team and again history suggests he’ll be pretty mediocre when this team is ready to win again. Trade them now as both a favor to them and to get the best return before it’s too late.

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      • JoeBrady

        2 years ago

        I was adamant about this at the trade deadline. StL is unlikely to be a contender in 2024, so keeping Goldie didn’t make much sense. Arenado still has some value, but is in decline.

        Meanwhile, the Cards have 9 other guys that, imho, look like legit players and should be getting a shot to start. And half of them look like they are playing out of position.

        What would SD give up for one year of Goldie? What would Philly give up for Arenado since four years of him will be cheaper than Chapman.

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      • CardsFan57

        2 years ago

        Most Cardinals fans agree that trading the old guys makes much more sense than trading the young future of the team. I cringe every time I see Gorman’s name in connection with a trade rumor.

        No, I don’t see the team getting all the pitching they need to contend in 2024. They need to look to 2025 and beyond. See what those young pitchers in the minors can do. It’s reasonable to think a few of them will turn into productive big league pitchers.

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        • Joe says...

          2 years ago

          Trading Goldie and Arenado has it’s own problems. Goldie has 10/5 rights and can’t be traded without his consent. If I’m not mistaken, Arenado has a no trade clause that he had to waive to be dealt to StL. Both can be traded but it’s not as simple as sending them on their merry way.

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        • CardsFan57

          2 years ago

          Yes, Arenado and Goldie would have to go to true, legitimate contenders who have excellent pitching prospects in return. I think a trade with the Dodgers for Arenado would be very possible. I don’t think Goldschmidt turns down a trade to Texas or Arizona. Miami isn’t out of the question since he lives in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

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      • CardsFan57

        2 years ago

        Trading Arenado and Goldschmidt would also free up $56 million. That makes around $100 million available for free agents. They could sign Bellinger and two top pitchers for that money. Gorman, Walker, Bellinger, Nootbaar, and Contreras is still a nice middle line up with plenty of table setters around them. Add in the pitching from trading Arenado and Goldschmidt then you have a solid young team to keep building.

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        • ih8tepaperstraws

          2 years ago

          Take that a step further. Sign Bellinger, Teoscsr Hernandez and Lourdes Guriel Jr and trade off all of the other outfielders. In this scenario Goldschmidt is gone so Walker moves to first. Get yoing high ceiling pitching back for all of the trades and you’re on to a solid young group.

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        • CardsFan57

          2 years ago

          Moving Gorman to third and Walker to first was part of my plan. Put Bellinger in center, Edman at 2nd, Nootbaar in right and see who can take control of left. Scott is coming. I’m higher on Nootbaar than you are. Yes, the other outfielders can go for pitching or package with prospects to bring back a solid left fielder.

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        • ih8tepaperstraws

          2 years ago

          I’m not high on Scott either. When speed is your main tool, it doesn’t impress me. He’s looks to be the same player we already have several times- Nootbaar, Edman, Carlson, etc.. Now Chase Davis I get excited about, but Mozalak doesn’t have it in him to bring him up until he spends at least 3 full years in the minor despite him already playing college ball. He should be up this year.

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        • ih8tepaperstraws

          2 years ago

          I’m in a very small minority this take, but I’m not opposed to trading Walker for the right return either. I didn’t stop watching last year despite how bad the team was, so I saw a lot of him playing. To me he looks almost identical to Jayson Heyward. His size, his swing, his gate, his contact. Just a right hands version. I think Jayson Heyward has had a very successful career but knowing how his on career turned out, I don’t think it was ever something you wouldn’t include in a trade for a several years of a legit Cy Young caliber pitcher

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  13. uvmfiji

    2 years ago

    It’s a good idea. Yankees need to stop pursuing muscle-bound corner players and start getting some quick defensive offensive talent.

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  14. uvmfiji

    2 years ago

    Cashman also needs to tell Boone that its ok to make Stanton a part-time player.

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  15. rocky7

    2 years ago

    Cashman, for all his faults, needs to stay away from Billy Beanne and the Cardinals on any and all trade fronts…..they’ve eaten his lunch on recent trades……the Montas trade was a disaster, and the Bader trade for Monty was even worse…….is he really trying to sink the team or what……..

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    • LeMike

      2 years ago

      He is awful as talent evaluator, the Montgomery trade reminds me of when they traded Ted Lilly because they didn’t like him and got Jeff Weaver for him and was awful both in regular season and in the world series, then they traded Weaver for Kevin Brown who was even worse and got absolutely crushed in the playoffs.

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  16. Wheeler Dealer

    2 years ago

    Don’t trade with Cardinals or Rays

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    • CardsFan57

      2 years ago

      @Wheeler Dealer

      Miami wants to know why you would say such a thing about trading with the Cardinals.

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      • Wheeler Dealer

        2 years ago

        You got me on a that one

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  17. Slider_withcheese

    2 years ago

    If there’s one thing cardinal fans do best, it’s to overvalue their garbage.

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  18. msqboxer

    2 years ago

    Cardinals always hype up these guys that were never top 100 prospects as if they were at some time..look behind the current and find the Gallen, Garcia or Alcantra in their system because they can’t project young talent.

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  19. rmullig2

    2 years ago

    Cardinals trying to create a market for an injury-prone utility fielder and a AAAA corner outfielder. Just like with Carlson and O’Neill nobody is willing to give them anything substantial for their overpriced busted prospects.

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    • Jrnomo100

      2 years ago

      Trade Edman Burleson Hudson for Schmidt and Holmes.

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    • iml12

      2 years ago

      The talent they traded for nothing is remarkable. They became obsessed with the wrong guys. If they love Donovan, the right guy is probably Burleson.

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    • cards81

      2 years ago

      lol Donovan is not injury-prone…you yankee fanshaven’t got a clue…Donovan is a stud…he plays all over the field and can hit…and if he doesn’t hit he takes a walk…Yankees don’t have anything the cardinals want for Donovan…

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      • LeMike

        2 years ago

        He got injured in his second partial season so it is crapshoot considering he will be 27 years old when next season starts, who knows if he is ok. This one is an easy no go.

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        • Eatdust666

          2 years ago

          Which would make him one of the youngest players on the team because of Cashbum’s obsession for old washed up veterans that are past their prime.

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      • Fernando P

        2 years ago

        1) He isn’t injury-prone but he has missed half of last season.
        2) I think he would be a good fit for NYY, but don’t see where trading three guys for him is anything but an overpay
        3) I get the hyperbole, but Yankees definitely have players Cardinals would want.

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        • cards81

          2 years ago

          You are not injury prone just because you had one major injury that needs to be fixed, in which he actually played with the injury by DHing…when the season was all but over for the cardinals he had surgery…injury prone is tyler oneill…always hurt with something year in year out…this was one injury for donovan

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      • ih8tepaperstraws

        2 years ago

        I can’t believe how many people forget how terrible Donovan was until June. He was in the verge of being sent down. The he went on a heater. He has limited power. So I think the hype on Donovan could just be another STL fan over evaluation. Is he a terrible player? No, but is he probably just another league average journeyman that’s Cardinal fans want to commission a statue for because his hair flows from under his batting helmet? Most likely. To summarize, Donovan isn’t terrible, but his perceived trade value from Mo needs to get in check

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        • RobblyDobs

          2 years ago

          Hes like Edman. No loud tools but really valuable from the sum of the parts (in his case plate discipline and contact skills plusswiss army knife utility defense)

          No point in trading either of them cos their skills dont get full value in a trade

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  20. I.M. Insane

    2 years ago

    Yanks will go out and buy Bellinger and get deal AA and A prospects for Soto. Problem solved.

    Reply
  21. LeMike

    2 years ago

    Injured or rehab players, just how the Yankees like them,

    Reply
  22. Melchez17

    2 years ago

    Yankees need to act like the Yankees… Go sign Bellinger for cf and Chapman for 3b. Then get a middling LFer like Baddoo.

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    • Melchez17

      2 years ago

      Ryan Ward of the Dodgers has power, walks a lot and can play corner OF and 1b. Might be a good option considering Rizzo and his health. Ward could be a rule 5 guy. He’s very similar to Ryan Noda of the A”s. Noda was a rule 5 pickup from the Dodgers last year.

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    • LFGMets (Metsin7) #InEpplerIsGone!!!!

      2 years ago

      @melchaz17 if Chapman was on the Yankees, they would complain that he strikes out too much and that his batting average is too low. He’d be compared to Donaldson and Joey Gallo. Would not be a good fit with that fan base

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    • HatlessPete

      2 years ago

      I wouldn’t hate a bellinger signing tho it wouldn’t be my preference in the longer term view. Signing Chapman would be a mistake imo. The glove is nice but he is so streaky on offense that I’m wary of the volatility at a premium price. The Yankees don’t need more streaky low contact rh bats on the wrong side of 30. Between the two bellinger seems a better fit and each of them are gonna cost enough that this should be an either or decision not a both and decision.

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      • mlbnyyfan

        2 years ago

        Yankees
        Off-season moves

        Trade Stanton for a dozen hot dogs

        Trade Torres for Verdugo to play LF

        Trade Rizzo for prospects

        Sign Bellinger for CF

        Sign Chapman for 3B

        Move DJ to first base

        Pereza to SS

        Volpe 2B

        Play Bellinger at Center until Dominez is ready. When Dominez healthy move Bellinger to 1B

        C Wells
        1B Bellinger
        2B Volpe
        SS Pereza
        3B Chapman
        LF Verdugo
        CF Dominez
        RF Judge
        DH DJ

        This lineup wins division

        Reply
      • mlbnyyfan

        2 years ago

        Yankees off season moves
        Trade Stanton for a dozen hot dogs
        Trade Torres for Verdugo to play LF
        Trade Rizzo for prospects
        Sign Bellinger for CF
        Sign Chapman for 3B
        Move DJ to first base
        Pereza to SS
        Volpe 2B
        Play Bellinger at Center until Dominez is ready. When Dominez healthy move Bellinger to 1B
        C Wells
        1B Bellinger
        2B Volpe
        SS Pereza
        3B Chapman
        LF Verdugo
        CF Dominez
        RF Judge
        DH DJ
        This lineup wins division

        Reply
  23. Tom the ray fan

    2 years ago

    Maybe their average exit velos aren’t good enough for the Yankees?

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