{"id":75968,"date":"2025-07-04T07:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=75968"},"modified":"2025-07-04T07:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:31:14","slug":"top-yankees-prospects-return-might-seal-a-blockbuster-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=75968","title":{"rendered":"Top Yankees Prospect\u2019s Return Might Seal a Blockbuster Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nolan-Arenado.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nolan-Arenado.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nolan-Arenado.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nolan-Arenado.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Top Yankees Prospect\u2019s Return Might Seal a Blockbuster Trade\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brock Selvidge <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has worked hard to get back on the <\/span>New York Yankees <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> radar. Could he have instead made himself a viable trade piece?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The 22-year-old left-handed pitcher, who is <\/span>the No. 8 prospect <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in the Yankees farm system, spent the better part of the last year <\/span>rebuilding his arm after surgery <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to repair a pinched nerve in his left biceps. Selvidge had just been selected to play in the 2024 All-Star Futures Game when the injury first knocked him out of action, and he would eventually get the procedure done in September.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI think it was good to get it out of the way,\u201d Selvidge said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Even though it kept him out of the Futures Game and derailed Selvidge\u2019s first season at the Double-A level. A third-round pick in the 2021 draft, Selvidge was 7-6 with a 4.25 ERA in 16 starts for Somerset last season, striking out 83 against 40 walks in 84 2\/3 innings, with 78 hits allowed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt taught me a lot; this was my first injury ever,\u201d Selvidge said. \u201cThat perseverance got me through, seeing that light at the end of the tunnel. \u2026 It sucks that I had to leave the team halfway, but at the end of the day, I had to do what was best for my career at that point.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And now, Selvidge\u2019s career could be facing another defining moment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Trade Proposal Sends Brock Selvidge, Oswald Peraza to St. Louis for Nolan Arenado<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Yankees have tried <\/span>a wide assortment of uninspiring options <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> at third base since <\/span>losing Oswaldo Cabrera <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to a season-ending ankle injury in early May. As the Yankees have watched <\/span>their lead in the American League East <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> disappear, they are expected to <\/span>address the \u201cdesperate need\u201d <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for better production at the corner infield spot before the July 31 trade deadline.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As MLB insider <\/span>Russell Dorsey of Yahoo!Sports wrote <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, \u201cNew York has been looking for someone to fill the void at third for a while, and at this point, having tried all the internal options, the fix is going to have to come from outside the organization.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One potential fix could supply the Yankees with a 10-time Gold Glove winner, eight-time All-Star and likely future Hall of Famer. In <\/span>a trade proposal floated <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> by Dave Holcomb of Sports Illustrated, New York would acquire St. Louis Cardinals third baseman <\/span>Nolan Arenado <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, along with cash considerations to help cover the last two-plus seasons of his contract, in exchange for Selvidge and infielder Oswald Peraza.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the Yankees, the idea is simple: plug one of the best defensive third basemen in the history of Major League Baseball into a team that\u2019s already contending for October. Arenado, 34, is having a down season offensively, continuing a trend that started in 2024, but he is still the guy who has won the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award six times\u00a0and boasts a\u00a0bat that can produce pop in Aaron Boone\u2019s lineup.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> Arenado would need to waive his no-trade clause, but he could be persuaded by the chance to play for a World Series contender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As for the Cardinals, despite currently sitting in the third and final wild card spot, they are a team that needs to focus on 2026 and beyond, rather than worry about possibly earning a short stay in the playoffs. Moving Arenado\u2019s contract would\u00a0help a club looking to retool around younger, cheaper talent, and Peraza, a former top infield prospect who may benefit from a fresh start, falls nicely into that category. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">More importantly, Selvidge would be the perfect addition to <\/span>a Cardinals farm system <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that boasts up-and-coming pitchers like Michael McGreevy Quinn Mathews, Tink Hence and Tekoah Roby. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Brock Selvidge Returns to Double-A Somerset to Cement Top Prospect Status<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Selvidge opened the 2025 season <\/span>on the injured list <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> with lingering soreness from the biceps surgery, but he put his rehab time to good use, adding a curveball to an impressive arsenal that includes a four-seam fastball, cutter, sweeping slider and changeup.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe looked over my numbers and where I was getting miss, where my miss pitches were and what the batters were kind of picking up out of hand,\u201d Selvidge said. \u201cI throw a fastball normally at the top of the zone, so John Kremer, our rehab coordinator, we were kind of playing around with (a curveball) one day and we were like, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s pretty good, so let\u2019s try and get it better.\u2019\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After a few rehab starts, Selvidge has been back with Somerset since the beginning of June, and in four starts, he has a 3.06 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 17.2 innings. Just in time, perhaps, to become an enticing player for Yankees trade partners.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis is the time to come out, compete, get wins, and just show what I can do,\u201d Selvidge said. \u201cLast year was cut short, but at the end of the day, that\u2019s just the small step back to take two steps forward. So, I\u2019m looking forward to kind of putting on display all the work that I\u2019ve been putting in in the offseason.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dave Benson Dave Benson is a longtime writer with over three decades of experience in a variety of mediums, including 15 years covering high school, collegiate and minor league sports in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Dave is also a licensed English teacher and spent a few years teaching at the middle school level. More about Dave Benson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Brock Selvidge back from biceps surgery, the pitching prospect could be a valuable piece in a Yankees trade for Nolan Arenado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":75969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75968","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>Top Yankees Prospect\u2019s Return Might Seal a Blockbuster Trade - 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=75968\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Yankees Prospect\u2019s Return Might Seal a Blockbuster Trade - 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