Yankees missed Soto and went on 'Furious Shopping'... Complete 'MVP Quartet' lineup that leads to Jersey-Stanton-Bellinger-Goldschmidt
Yankees missed Soto and went on 'Furious Shopping'... Complete 'MVP Quartet' lineup that leads to Jersey-Stanton-Bellinger-Goldschmidt
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It is truly "shopping with anger." The Yankees lost Juan Soto, the biggest fish in the U.S. Major League's stove league FA market, to the New York Mets. Their off-season moves are relentless. They are attracting former MVP as if they are regretting missing Soto. They acquired Cody Bellinger, the 2019 National League MVP, and Paul Goldschmidt, the 2022 National League MVP. Including Aaron Judge (2022, 2024 American League MVP) and Giancarlo Stanton (2017 National League MVP), the team has four MVP trophies in the 2025 season.메이저놀이터
U.S. media, including MLB.COM, reported on the 22nd (Korea time) that the New York Yankees have recruited Paul Goldschmidt. The contract terms are $12.5 million for a year, and the full amount is guaranteed without options.
The top priority for the Yankees in this winter's stove league was to keep Soto. In exchange for Trent Grisham, Soto was brought in from San Diego last winter, but Michael King, Kyle Higashioka, Randy Vazquez, Jani Brito, and Drew Thorpe were also given away. If Soto could not stay, he would have instantly given up a number of players with strong potential in order to use Soto for just one year.
After joining the Yankees this season, Soto played in 157 games under intense pressure from New York fans and the media, and displayed impressive performance with 41 home runs, 109 RBIs, 128 runs and a batting average of 0.288 OPS of 0.988. Judge and Soto's "Double Four" was the best duo in the American League. With Soto's addition, the Yankees have advanced to the World Series for the first time in 15 years since 2009.
The Yankees, who clearly felt the "Soto effect," offered an exceptional contract of $760 million for 16 years, but the conditions of their neighbor's Mets were better. They included a "elevator clause" in which the terms of the contract would go up to $805 million if they gave up the opt-out five years later, and they could not beat the Mets, who included various luxurious treatments. Yankees, called the "Evidence of Evil," lost the "Money Game."
After missing Soto, Yankees is going shopping with anger. For starters, he strengthened his pitching cap. He shot Max Fried, a left-hander who was released as an FA in Atlanta, for eight years and 218 million dollars. This is the largest contract ever made by a left-hander. In addition, he brought in Devin Williams, the best closing pitcher in the league, through a trade with the Millwalk Brewers, and reinforced the back door as well.
Now it's the batter's turn. Cody Bellinger started. In his third year in the Los Angeles Dodgers uniform, Bellinger blasted his batting average of 0.305 with 47 homers, 115 RBIs and an OPS of 1.035 in 2019, winning the National League MVP award. However, his performance has plummeted since 2020. He had a batting average of 0.165 with 10 homers and 36 RBIs in 2021, and a batting average of 0.210 with 19 homers and 68 RBIs in 2022, showing no performance what he had been an MVP. Finally, the Dodgers, which had limited patience, released Bellinger as a non-tender.
However, Bellinger succeeded in making a comeback. In the 2023 season, he played 130 games for the Chicago Cubs with a batting average of 0.307, 26 homers, 97 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.881, and the Cubs presented Bellinger with a three-year, 80 million-dollar contract that became an FA. However, his performance fell again this season with a batting average of 0.266, 18 homers, 78 RBIs and an OPS of 0.751, and he will be wearing a Yankees uniform. Given that it is a Yankee Stadium advantageous for left-handed hitters and Judge's "umbrella effect," the team is expected to revive in the team.
Following Bellinger's recruitment, the Yankees even brought in Goldschmidt. He seems to be collecting veterans who saw their performance decline in the 2024 season. He is shouting " sheep rather than quality." Goldschmidt is a slugger who played in 1928 games, played in 362 home runs, 1187 RBIs, 169 steals, and has a batting average of 0.289 OPS of 0.892. In the 2022 season when he played in the St. Louis Cardinals, he played in 151 games with a batting average of 0.317, 35 home runs, 115 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.982.
Goldschmidt, who was born in 1987 and is now in his late 30s, is on a downward spiral after winning the MVP award. The productivity plummeted to a batting average of 0.268 with 25 homers and 80 RBIs in 154 games in the 2023 season, and then to a batting average of 0.245 with 22 homers and 65 RBIs in 154 games in the 2024 season, falling further to a batting average of 0.716. It is the first time Goldschmidt failed to achieve an OPS of around 80 percent in the 2024 season.
In any case, the Yankees are the strongest in terms of their name. Judge, the best home run hitter in the team, Stanton, Bellinger, and Goldschmidt will have four MVP players. Except for Judge, there is a lot of uncertainty, but if the four players show performance that can match their heyday, the Yankees will be the strongest lineup.
The Dodgers, which lost to the Yankees in the World Series for the first time in 15 years, include Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman as the "MVP Trio." Will the Yankees' "MVP Quartet" be able to meet the Dodgers' "MVP Trio" again in the World Series.