[Fireside Yankees] Brendan Donovan is an INCREDIBLE utility piece that the Yankees’ have been rumored to acquire for awhile, and is coming off a SOLID 2024👀 115 wRC+ | 3.2 fWAR | .342 OBP | 73 RBI Should New York pursue him this winter?

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1. We have Oswaldo at home, we need less utility players and more good players who specialize in a position

   Edit: I thought originally Donovan was a FA, and wasn’t worth it because of the $/possible bidding war for the upgrade at a utility spot.

2. Rumored by whom?

3. Obviously, but a cost controlled above average hitter that plays multiple premium positions is going to need a decently large trade package to acquire

4. Brendan Donovan would cost a fair amount in prospects. He’s like Luis Arraez-lite as a singles hitter. Except he has power and can play defense too.

5. I’ve wanted Donovan for a while.

   He’s a career .280, 116 OPS+ hitter who gives plus defence in left right and third and average defence at second and short.

   He’s a lefty too and if you look at his expected home runs by stadium, he goes from 14 home runs this year to 19 at Yankee stadium

6. Nice piece, I’m sure he won’t be cheap.

7. Decent gleyber replacement I guess. This would feel like the Verdugo trade to me though.

8. If he can play defense, yes.

9. I just don’t see Cashman paying the price he’d command in a trade.

10. Do we really need him though? Already have Oswaldo and Berti.