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The Yankees are rumored to be targeting Diamondbacks slugger Eugenio Suárez in a potential MLB Trade Deadline deal.
ATLANTA — Eugenio Suárez said he is “happy” in Arizona and is doing his best to help a club that entered the All-Star break floundering but fighting: three games under .500, 11 games removed from the NL West lead and 5.5 games out of a wild-card spot.
A new report revealed the New York Yankees' trade deadline plans, as rumors swirl around Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Eugenio Suarez.
The New York Yankees have a hole at third base, and the ideal target may end up costing them one of the top prospects in their organization.
ATLANTA — The Yankees’ top target for third base should be as obvious as their need. It has to be Diamondbacks All-Star Eugenio Suárez, who’s having perhaps his best year at age 33. Suárez leads the National League in RBIs with 78, and his 31 home runs are one behind NL leader Shohei Ohtani.
One Major League Baseball insider thinks so. On Sunday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post pitched a trade in which New York would land 3B Eugenio Suárez and SP Zac Gallen from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for pitching prospects Cam Schlittler,
The New York Yankees are keeping their eyes on a variety of infielders ahead of the trade deadline, but one insider believes they'll only look short term.
Next on the list of non-productive third basemen is another possible Yankees target, Luis Rengifo of the Angels, as The Post’s Jon Heyman has reported. He was more productive each of the previous three seasons but has struggled badly this season.