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Acquired from the Nationals at the trade deadline, Rosario hit .303\/.303\/.485 over 33 plate appearances and 16 games for New York, and his playing time was further limited by a 10-day injured list stint due to a left SC joint sprain.\u00a0 Still, Rosario lived up to expectations by chipping in at second base, third base, and in right field, while providing the Yankees with a productive right-handed hitting bat.<\/p>\n
That righty-swinging balance is a plus within a New York lineup that is heavy in left-handed batters, and having Rosario back will give the Yankees some platoon flexibility with either Ryan McMahon<\/a> at third base or even Jazz Chisholm Jr.<\/a> at second base.\u00a0 McMahon is a superb defender but a much lesser hitter than Chisholm, so Rosario will probably get most of his playing time spelling McMahon at least against southpaws.<\/p>\n Once regarded as one of baseball\u2019s top prospects during his time in the Mets\u2019 farm system, Rosario posted some okay offensive numbers as a regular with the Mets and Guardians.\u00a0 His overall effectiveness was limited by a lack of walks, struggles against right-handed pitching, and subpar defending at the shortstop position.<\/p>\n Though he is only entering his age-30 season, Rosario now looks to have settled into a role as a part-time player who can fill in at multiple positions, though he doesn\u2019t provide much defensive value anywhere.\u00a0 His biggest plus is his ability to hit southpaws, as Rosario has a career .298\/.336\/.464 slash line in 1196 PA against left-handed pitching.<\/p>\n The Yankees clearly liked what they saw in Rosario last year, and after bouncing around to six different teams since the start of the 2023 season, Rosario probably appreciates some stability in returning to the Bronx for a full season in the pinstripes.\u00a0 He receives a slight raise over the $2MM deal he received from Washington last winter.<\/p>\n With Rosario back in the fold, the Yankees have brought some experienced depth back into the infield mix.\u00a0 Anthony Volpe<\/a> will miss the start of the season recovering from shoulder surgery<\/a>, so if Jose Caballero<\/a> ends up getting a lot of the shortstop time in Volpe\u2019s absence, Rosario\u2019s presence helps fill the utility void on New York\u2019s bench.\u00a0 Brendan Donovan<\/a> is another versatile player known to be on the Yankees\u2019 trade radar, plus the club has also been more loosely linked to All-Star Bo Bichette<\/a>, in what would be an even more seismic shake-up of the Bronx infield.<\/p>\n Jack Curry of YES Network<\/a> was the first to report that Rosario was re-signing with the Yankees on a one-year deal. \u00a0Jon Heyman of the New York Post<\/a> reported Rosario\u2019s $2.5MM salary, and ESPN\u2019s Jorge Castillo<\/a> added the news about the incentive bonuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec. 30:\u00a0The team has now formally announced Rosario\u2019s new contract. Dec. 13: The Yankees are re-signing infielder Amed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[24983,64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-382026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-amed-rosario","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}