The New York Yankees are gaining interest from other clubs about Miguel Andujar. A trade perhaps is what teams are hoping for.
“I’m definitely getting a lot of interest in Miguel Andujar while I’m sitting down here,” said general manager Brian Cashman while down in Arizona for MLB general manager meetings. “I’ve got clubs asking me, ‘What are you going to do with him? We’d have an interest in him. Mark us down.”
There is a possibility that Andujar could be traded away if the Yankees see Gio Urshela as their future third baseman.
Cashman has already hinted that Urshela has the primary third base role. “So when we lost Miguel Andujar, Gio coming in and doing what he did was spectacular. It’s his position to lose.”
Despite how successful and important Urshela was during the 2019 season, the club definitely remembers Andujar’s incredible 2018 rookie season. Batting .297 with 27 home runs and 92 runs batted in, the 22-year-old (at the time) finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting.
Andujar has a lot of questions to his name, however. He’s too much of a defensive liability that it makes more sense to keep Urshela at the hot corner. But because of his strong bat, the Yankees are looking for another place to put him because of how much he can impact a lineup.
“Whether it’s, ‘Can he play first? Can he play the outfield?’ You start playing those mind games, it’s anything that you want to do,” said Cashman. “I’ve been around long enough when a bat’s good enough…”
I personally think Urshela should be kept at third and the Yankees should find another role for Andujar. I agree that he should be in the lineup, but since he’s not the best fielder it would make more sense to put him as a DH or make him a first baseman.