{"id":337685,"date":"2025-12-10T22:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/337685\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T22:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:11:08","slug":"yankees-interested-in-trading-for-rangers-325-million-star-in-blockbuster-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/337685\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Interested in Trading For Rangers $325 Million Star in Blockbuster Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The New York Yankees have checked in with the Texas Rangers about All-Star shortstop Corey Seager, per the Dallas Morning News&#8217; Evan Grant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Seager, 31, joined the Rangers ahead of the 2022 season following seven successful seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and continued to thrive after switching to the American League. With the Rangers, Seager has made three All-Star Games and won a World Series \u2014 his second.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Through his four seasons in Texas, Seager has slashed .278\/.355\/.517 with 117 home runs and 303 RBIs. He finished runner-up in 2023 AL MVP voting, when he posted a 7.2-bWAR season with 33 home runs and 96 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"11190347\" alt=\"\" caption=\"ARLINGTON, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 21: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers watches play from his dugout during the eighth inning of the game against the Miami Marlins at Globe Life Field on September 21, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde\/Getty Images)\" credit=\"\" sourcealt=\"\" sources=\"[]\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3832\" height=\"2555\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;aspect-ratio:inherit;object-fit:cover\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2236935587_61db29.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Now, though, the Rangers are showing interest in unloading some of their more expensive assets, as they have already traded Marcus Semien and non-tendered Adolis Garcia this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/mlb\/phillies-manager-sends-message-to-kyle-schwarber-after-150-million-deal-11183308\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phillies Manager Sends Message to Kyle Schwarber After $150 Million Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Seager has six years remaining on his $325 million contract, and the Yankees are more than capable of handling the financial end of his deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">New York had some issues at shortstop this past season, as Anthony Volpe severely underperformed both with the bat and in the field. He batted .212 in 2025, though he still managed 19 homers and 72 RBIs. Despite that, he finished the season with an 83 OPS+ \u2014 well below league average.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Volpe&#8217;s defensive numbers also had a stark drop off from 2024, as he finished the year with a minus-6 outs above average after finishing last year with a plus-13 mark \u2014 placing him in the top three percent of fielders in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/mlb\/blue-jays-manager-sends-5-word-message-on-dodgers-yoshinobu-yamamoto-11189073\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Jays Manager Sends 5-Word Message on Dodgers\u2019 Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Seager has finished as an above-average fielder for the past couple of years, and could provide some help for Volpe at shortstop if he is to move away from the left side of the infield and into a utility role, which manager Aaron Boone alluded to earlier in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">\u201cOh yeah,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/peterchawaga\/2025\/11\/05\/yankees-confirm-anthony-volpe-role-change-after-concerning-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boone said when asked if Jose Caballero would take some of Volpe&#8217;s reps at shortstop next season.<\/a> \u201cI feel like with Caballero, we\u2019re in much better position there that we have like a premium guy over there that can handle the position and do things. So yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">For all the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/sports-mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB<\/a>\u00a0news and rumors, head over to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newsweek Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Yankees have checked in with the Texas Rangers about All-Star shortstop Corey Seager, per the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,3980,82,3992],"class_list":{"0":"post-337685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york-yankees","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-texas-rangers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}