The Yankees discovered their first baseman.
Paul Goldschmidt has agreed to a one-year contract with the membership, YES Community’s Jack Curry reported Saturday, including one other former MVP to the Yankees’ new-look lineup.
The deal is for $12.5 million, in accordance with stories.
Goldschmidt, 37, hit .245 with 22 dwelling runs, 65 RBI and a .716 OPS final season with the St. Louis Cardinals.
The best-handed hitter is 2 years faraway from a 2022 Nationwide League MVP marketing campaign during which he batted .317 with 35 homers, 115 RBI and an NL-best .982 OPS.
Including Goldschmidt permits the Yankees to play one other new acquisition, Cody Bellinger, in heart subject or left subject subsequent season.
Goldschmidt is a four-time Gold Glove winner at first base, whereas Bellinger is an above-average defender within the outfield.
A seven-time All-Star choice, Goldschmidt is a profession .289 hitter and boasts 362 dwelling runs over 14 MLB seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cardinals.
He replaces Anthony Rizzo, who repeatedly battled accidents the previous two seasons because the Yankees’ beginning first baseman. Rizzo, 35, stays a free agent.
Ben Rice, a transformed catcher and left-handed hitter, batted .171 with seven dwelling runs as a rookie fill-in for Rizzo final season.
Goldschmidt is ready to turn into the fourth former MVP on the Yankees’ roster, becoming a member of Bellinger, who received the NL honor in 2019; Giancarlo Stanton, who received it in 2017; and Aaron Choose, who received American League MVP in 2022 and 2024.
The Yankees stay energetic after shedding famous person slugger Juan Soto in free company to the Mets.
They signed left-handed ace Max Fried to an eight-year, $218 million contract and swung trades for Bellinger and for nearer Devin Williams.
On Friday evening, they traded backup catcher Jose Trevino to the Cincinnati Reds for reliever Fernando Cruz and catcher Alex Jackson.
Their addition of Goldschmidt got here a day after the Houston Astros agreed to a three-year, $60 million contract with first baseman Christian Walker, who had been thought-about a Yankees goal.
With Goldschmidt at first base and Anthony Volpe at shortstop, the Yankees nonetheless have a minimum of one gap within the infield. Jazz Chisholm stays on the roster and is able to enjoying second or third.
Final 12 months’s major second baseman, Gleyber Torres, is a free agent.
