{"id":784814,"date":"2026-07-06T22:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784814\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:56:09","slug":"new-yankees-trade-rumors-reveal-potential-2026-mlb-trade-deadline-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784814\/","title":{"rendered":"New Yankees Trade Rumors Reveal Potential 2026 MLB Trade Deadline Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The New York Yankees may be seeking an upgrade at catcher ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">According to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7424550\/2026\/07\/06\/st-louis-cardinals-nl-wild-card-race-rangers-dodgers\/?unlocked_article_code=1.vlA.8Sgo.C701qAkJmAF4&amp;source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&amp;smid=url-share-ta\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Rosenthal<\/a> of The Athletic, &#8220;speculation persists&#8221; that the Yankees &#8220;will pursue&#8221; Minnesota Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Jeffers, 29, is currently recovering from a left hamate fracture, and Rosenthal noted that he&#8217;s a &#8220;potential free agent who could bring back bullpen help, and the Twins could replace him with Victor Caratini and Alex Jackson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Austin Wells and J.C. Escarra\u00a0have primarily handled catching duties this season, though neither have fared well, with the former hitting .153 with a .483 OPS and the latter hitting .188 with a .510 OPS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Jeffers had a career year in 2024, hitting 21 homers, and he was having a strong campaign in 2026 before his injury, hitting .295 with seven homers, 26 RBI and a .949 OPS. That version of Jeffers would be a nice upgrade for the Yankees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Yankees may be seeking an upgrade at catcher ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-784814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784814","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=784814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}