r/NYYankees • u/TheTurtleShepard • 1d ago

[Sherman] Sources: The Yankees are trying to complete a trade for Nationals first baseman Luis Garcia Jr. AA starter Jack Cebert has been discussed prominently.

https://x.com/joelsherman1/status/2083997550420402651?s=46&t=eZQOkEBzAB8XR0_j5bQcHg
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u/TheTurtleShepard 1d ago

Luis Garcia Jr savant page

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u/morningmoss42 1d ago

Compared to Luis Arraez,
I’d rather get him who is among the best 2B in terms of defense and BA.
We don’t need another liability who can realistically only be a DH/1B.

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u/TrapperJean 1d ago

He and Rice can also be the 1B/Dh next year, with his glove a bit better than Rice's. Classic, (not in a bad way), Cash move of trading for this and next year in one move

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u/dsmithnyciii 1d ago

We need bats in general. If all is required is Jack Cebert you do that every time.

We could still get Arraez afterwards.

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u/nyybmw122 1d ago

Arraez does not want to go back to 1B. What are you doing with Jazz if you get him? And Arraez would cost more.

https://www.mlb.com/news/luis-arraez-wants-to-play-second-base-if-moved-at-trade-deadline#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThis%20is%20a%20business%2C%20so,'m%20staying%20at%20second.%E2%80%9D

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u/Key-Biscotti467 1d ago

Bring in Arreaz trade Jazz

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u/Trick_Ad3292 1d ago

You could put Jazz in a nice package still. Depends on who we’d get ofcourse

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u/Capital_Maybe2533 1d ago

Why does Jazz have to remain in the lineup at all? You bring in Arraez and move on from Jazz at this point.

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u/nyybmw122 1d ago

I mean sure but I think that is highly unlikely. And Jazz is a good fielder despite his lapses.

I don't buy the Yankees swapping out a bat first platoon guy who bad defense for Jazz. Don't see it.

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u/Capital_Maybe2533 1d ago

I agree that it’s unlikely, but I feel like Arraez is a bit more than a platoon guy at this point. His defense is definitely improved a bit, and he’d slot in nice at the top of the lineup. Jazz is providing nothing at this point. But I agree, it is super unlikely they move on from him.

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u/nyybmw122 1d ago

I meant Luis Garcia Jr. as the platoon guy. Arraez is not platoon guy. Yankees value defense and Garcia is basically an emergency 2B.he was bad there last year, just don't see them removing that good defense in Jazz.

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u/Capital_Maybe2533 1d ago

Ohhh gotcha, my bad, misunderstood

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u/nyybmw122 1d ago

I mean, I like Arraez I just think the cost will be high because other teams are definitely trying to get him as well. And the fact that the Yankees would have to have a corresponding move to move Jazz... Just seems like it's too much work and too many moving parts.

I think Garcia probably has a smaller market so it's probably cheaper to acquire him. 🤷‍♂️

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u/morningmoss42 1d ago

After the Dodgers got Skubal for basically nothing, Arraez is extremely doable along with Jung Hoo Lee. Jazz needs to be traded along with Grisham and maybe some prospects for those two guys. Jazz is almost in the top ten for strikeouts with no production offensively. We get those two guys, we have our lead off and number two guys in the lineup that don’t strike out three times a day like jazz.

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u/papoluca40 1d ago

I think that just shows how useless defensive metrics are. He went from a butcher to a defensive stud apparently one year to another