{"id":489093,"date":"2026-02-25T06:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/489093\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T06:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:38:10","slug":"yankees-news-bombers-still-keeping-tabs-on-potential-platoon-bats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/489093\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees news: Bombers still keeping tabs on potential platoon bats"},"content":{"rendered":"

MLB Trade Rumors | Darragh McDonald<\/a>: Spring training games have begun, and for the most part, all of the big offseason moves and acquisitions have been made. However, teams still usually have openings at the back end of their roster at this time of year, and the Yankees apparently are no different. In particular, the Yankees are reportedly still keeping an eye on a potential platoon bat, and will monitor who becomes available as spring training continues \u2014 even as it winds down before Opening Day on March 25th.<\/p>\n

NJ.com | Randy Miller<\/a>: Ben Rice was arguably the Yankees\u2019 best surprise in 2025, putting in a breakout campaign after he debuted in up-and-down fashion in 2024. Despite the re-signing of Paul Goldschmidt, Ben Rice figures to be a big part of the Yankees\u2019 plans this season. While the Yankees may also decide to use him as a backup catcher too, Rice really hopes to improve on his defense in 2026, as well as maintain a regular spot in the lineup.<\/p>\n

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MLB.com | Bryan Hoch<\/a>: Speaking of Goldschmidt, in addition to returning to the Yankees, he is also set to return to the USA team for the upcoming World Baseball Classic. Here, Goldschmidt discusses his love for the tournament\u2014this will be his third after winning it in 2017 and finishing runner-up in 2023\u2014and how he\u2019s preparing for a likely reduced role in the Bronx behind Rice in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB Trade Rumors | Darragh McDonald: Spring training games have begun, and for the most part, all of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[27449,224541,363,34977,369,32033,97064,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-489093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ben-rice","9":"tag-jonathan-dyer-imagn","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-mlb-trade-rumors","12":"tag-new-york-yankees","13":"tag-paul-goldschmidt","14":"tag-randy-miller","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}