{"id":311525,"date":"2026-08-01T15:44:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/311525\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T15:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:44:35","slug":"new-york-yankees-interested-in-reds-catcher-tyler-stephenson-per-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/311525\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees interested in Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson, per reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The last place Cincinnati Reds are limping towards the August 3rd trade deadline at just 51-57, still buried in the busy National League Wild Card standings 5.5 games back of the final spot. That comes with the caveat that there are six NL clubs they\u2019d have to jump to earn their way into that spot &#8211; the Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, Miami Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, and St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">At quick glance, at least three of those clubs are likely going to be buyers at the deadline. So, the Reds are between a rock and a hard place, and anything other than a miracle win streak this weekend will likely send them into at least some mode of selling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Per Bob Nightengale of the USA Today, that won\u2019t include moving Hunter Greene, as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UnderdogMLB\/status\/2083188790567280768\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Reds are telling teams he is unavailable<\/a> right now. Cincinnati\u2019s ace had seen his name pop up in trade rumors pretty much ever since Chase Burns signed his $105 million extension as the rest of the baseball world began to wonder how the typically frugal Reds would accommodate both on the payroll long-term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">That said, they\u2019ve long been rumored to be shopping their litany of players who are destined to reach free agency at season\u2019s end, and that includes catcher Tyler Stephenson. He\u2019s been red-hot of late, too, slashing .339\/.400\/.523 dating back to June 4th, and that\u2019s caught the eye of the catching-needy New York Yankees, according to MLB insider Jon Heyman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">There\u2019s definitely a need for catching talent among the contenders this year, and that leaves the Reds in a decent position to shop Stephenson in a buyer\u2019s market. And any time you can get the title-hungry Yankees involved, that\u2019s a good thing for your potential return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">How the Reds choose to approach the catching spot for the remainder of the season remains to be seen, though they obviously trusted Jose Trevino enough to dole out his contract extension just last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It\u2019s yet another storyline to watch with Cincinnati as the Monday deadline nears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last place Cincinnati Reds are limping towards the August 3rd trade deadline at just 51-57, still buried&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[117824,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-311525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-cincinnati-reds-rumors","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}