The New York Yankees have traded for Ryan McMahon from the Colorado Rockies, finally solving the need for a third baseman.
But the World Series runners up had been strongly linked with Eugenio Suarez of the Arizona Diamonbacks, who has hit 36 home runs so far this season – just one less than Aaron Judge.
Suarez is widely expected to be traded before the deadline on July 31 but Friday’s move for McMahon all but ends the Yankees involvement.
The Rockies have been sent two pitching prospects, Griffin Herring and Josh Grosz, for McMahon, an All-Star last season who has 16 home runs to his name so far in 2025. 10 of those have come in the last six weeks.
The 30-year-old McMahon is left-handed, a preference for hitters at Yankee Stadium with the short right porch.
Contracted until 2027, he is unquestionably a significant upgrade on the options the Yankees have at thrid without him. Jorbit Vivas has been unimpressive while before that, second baseman Jazz Chisholm played there to accomodate DJ LeMahieu at 2B.
LeMahieu, who was the last player to be traded to the Yankees from the Rockies, has since been DFA’d with Chisholm returning to his natural place in the infield.
The McMahon move comes at a time where the Yankees badly need an injection of impetus from somewhere.
While McMahon has been heating up across the last six weeks, the Yankees have been cooling off.
They lost their three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 this week, with the Canadian team now leading the AL East by 5 wins over the Yankees.
The last loss on Wednesday night was littered with embarrasing fielding errors, with scrutiny intensifying on short stop Anthony Volpe.
The Yankees begin a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies, second in the NL East, on Friday night.
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