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MLB Rumors: The #Yankees and Padres are in discussions on a trade that would send Luis Arraez to the Yankees according to Jeff Passan.

MLB · January 6, 2025 · Comments off

 

Having already added Max Fried, Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt to their roster, the next move for the New York Yankees going into the 2025 season will likely be finding a starting second baseman.

Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Yankees have had discussions with the San Diego Padres about Luis Arráez and made an inquiry to the Los Angeles Dodgers about Gavin Lux to fill that second base void.

Gleyber Torres, who had been the primary second baseman in New York for the past seven seasons, left to sign a one-year, $15 million deal with the Detroit Tigers in free agency.

Arráez has popped up in trade rumors throughout the offseason. Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on Dec. 12 that the Padres were discussing deals involving the three-time All-Star, as well as other unnamed players, to create some payroll flexibility that would allow them to patch up weak spots on the roster.

The 2025 season is the last of Arráez’s current contract, and he will earn $13.7 million. He has won three straight batting titles and hit .314/.346/.392 in 150 games between the Padres and Miami Marlins last year.

Lux could be the odd man out in the Dodgers’ infield mix after the team agreed to a deal with Hyeseong Kim on Friday. ESPN’s Jesse Rogers reported Kim’s deal is for $12.5 million over three years.

Kim does have positional versatility, having won the KBO Golden Glove Award as a shortstop in 2021 and as a second baseman in each of the past three seasons.

Lux has two years of team control remaining before he can become a free agent following the 2026 season. He is projected to earn $2.8 million this season. The 27-year-old is coming off a down year in 2024 with a .251/.320/.383 slash line in 139 games.

Yankees second basemen hit a collective .257/.330/.377 with 16 homers and 67 RBI last season.

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