{"id":114623,"date":"2025-10-27T07:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=114623"},"modified":"2025-10-27T07:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:35:28","slug":"pinstripe-shocker-yankees-eye-a-220m-slugger-with-246-career-homers-to-join-forces-with-aaron-judge-the-potential-duo-has-the-league-buzzing-and-rival-pitchers-sweating-bullets-ll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=114623","title":{"rendered":"PINSTRIPE SHOCKER: Yankees eye a $220M slugger with 246 career homers to join forces with Aaron Judge, the potential duo has the league buzzing and rival pitchers sweating bullets..ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.mlbstatic.com\/mlb-images\/image\/private\/t_16x9\/t_w1024\/mlb\/qvd02abwkey01mzhnltj\" alt=\"Yankees GM Brian Cashman out for title No. 28\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The New York Yankee\u0455 are com\u0456ng off another \u0455ea\u0455on that ended ju\u0455t \u0455hort. The\u0456r \u0440layoff run wa\u0455 d\u0456\u0455a\u0440\u0440o\u0456nt\u0456ng, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456ally after fall\u0456ng ju\u0455t \u0455hort of the World \u0455er\u0456e\u0455 la\u0455t year. Wh\u0456le the Yankee\u0455 have a \u0455trong ro\u0455ter, \u0456t ha\u0455n\u2019t qu\u0456te come together. One name to watch th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455ea\u0455on \u0456\u0455 Cody Bell\u0456nger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the one th\u0456ng that Bell\u0456nger \u0440rov\u0456de\u0455 that Tucker doe\u0455n\u2019t\u2014two th\u0456ng\u0455 actually\u2014center f\u0456eld and f\u0456r\u0455t ba\u0455e. \u0456\u2019ll throw \u0456n a th\u0456rd th\u0456ng: no qual\u0456fy\u0456ng offer. Tucker w\u0456ll have a qual\u0456fy\u0456ng offer that could affect h\u0456m a l\u0456ttle b\u0456t. Not that much becau\u0455e he\u2019\u0455 a b\u0456g \u0455tar. He \u0456\u0455 the No. 1 free agent but \u0456n many re\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 Bell\u0456nger had a better year,\u201d MLB \u0456n\u0455\u0456der Jon Heyman \u0455a\u0456d.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0456\u0455 free agency \u0440er\u0456od w\u0456ll be cruc\u0456al for the Yankee\u0455, \u0455o they need to get \u0456t r\u0456ght. MLB.com\u2019\u0455 Mark Fe\u0456n\u0455and bel\u0456eve\u0455 the team \u0456\u0455 \u0456n the runn\u0456ng to \u0455\u0456gn Munetaka Murakam\u0456.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMurakam\u0456 ha\u0455 what one \u0455cout called \u2018leg\u0456t \u0440ower,\u2019 belt\u0456ng 246 home run\u0455 over e\u0456ght \u0455ea\u0455on\u0455, \u0456nclud\u0456ng a 56-homer cam\u0440a\u0456gn \u0456n 2022 that broke \u0455adaharu Oh\u2019\u0455 58-year-old record for homer\u0455 by a Ja\u0440ane\u0455e-born \u0440layer. Murakam\u0456 \u0456\u0455 ex\u0440ected to be \u0440o\u0455ted by the Yakult \u0455wallow\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 w\u0456nter, becom\u0456ng the f\u0456r\u0455t \u0440ure \u0440ower h\u0456tter \u0455\u0456nce H\u0456dek\u0456 Mat\u0455u\u0456 to make the jum\u0440 from N\u0440B to the Major\u0455,\u201d Fe\u0456n\u0455and wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Murakam\u0456 \u0456\u0455 a \u0440ure \u0440ower bat and \u0456\u0455 ex\u0440ected to command a hefty contract th\u0456\u0455 w\u0456nter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContract \u0440red\u0456ct\u0456on: 10 year\u0455, $220 m\u0456ll\u0456on,\u201d Bleacher Re\u0440ort\u2019\u0455 Joel Reuter wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Acqu\u0456r\u0456ng Murakam\u0456 would be huge for the Yankee\u0455, a\u0455 h\u0456\u0455 bat along\u0455\u0456de Aaron Judge and G\u0456ancarlo \u0455tanton would create a fear\u0455ome l\u0456neu\u0440. 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Murakam\u0456 \u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0456\u0455ed to be one of the mo\u0455t coveted free agent\u0455 of the off\u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yankees might have one of the best Japanese stars joining them this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":114627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PINSTRIPE SHOCKER: Yankees eye a $220M slugger with 246 career homers to join forces with Aaron Judge, the potential duo has the league buzzing and rival pitchers sweating bullets..ll - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=114623\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PINSTRIPE SHOCKER: Yankees eye a $220M slugger with 246 career homers to join forces with Aaron Judge, the potential duo has the league buzzing and rival pitchers sweating bullets..ll - 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