{"id":440825,"date":"2026-01-27T14:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/440825\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:04:09","slug":"paul-goldschmidt-and-7-mlb-free-agent-steals-still-on-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/440825\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Goldschmidt and 7 MLB Free-Agent Steals Still on the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Stats: 534 PA, 104 OPS+, .274\/.328\/.403, 42 XBH (10 HR), 45 RBI<br \/>WAR: 1.2<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Why He&#8217;s Still Available: The first base market has moved slowly this offseason since Pete Alonso and Josh Naylor signed, with the Mets getting creative and signing Jorge Polanco to man the position. Established veterans Paul Goldschmidt, Luis Arraez, Nathaniel Lowe, Rhys Hoskins, Carlos Santana, Ty France and Rowdy Tellez all still looking for a new home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Potential 2026 Impact: After hitting .336\/.411\/.570 in 168 plate appearances against left-handed pitching last season, Goldschmidt still holds significant value as a platoon option. The question is how willing he will be to accept a diminished role to prolong his career. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">A reunion with the D-backs still looks like a logical fit, while the Yankees could also bring him back to platoon with Ben Rice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stats: 534 PA, 104 OPS+, .274\/.328\/.403, 42 XBH (10 HR), 45 RBIWAR: 1.2 Why He&#8217;s Still Available: The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-440825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440825","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=440825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}