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River Ave. Blues ยป Update: Yankees are not strongly pursuing Chase Headley

Update: Yankees are not strongly pursuing Chase Headley

July 3, 2014 by Mike 103 Comments

7/3-7/6 Series Preview: Minnesota Twins
Game 84: Tanaka Thursday

Thursday: The Yankees not strongly pursuing Headley at the moment, according to Jon Heyman. That’s the kind of thing that can change in an instant though. A few more losses and they might go knock down San Diego’s door.

Tuesday: Via Jon Morosi: The Yankees are “regularly” scouting Padres third baseman Chase Headley. The switch-hitting 30-year-old has hit only .201/.289/.322 (79 wRC+) with six homers in 62 games while dealing with a herniated disc in his back this year. The Padres are awful and they just fired GM Josh Byrnes, so a fire sale seems imminent.

Headley will become a free agent after the season and at this point it seems unlikely San Diego will even make him a qualifying offer. He had a monster 2012 season (145 wRC+) and was still pretty good last year (113 wRC+), but this season has been a nightmare. The Yankees have gotten very little production from their non-first base infielders and acquiring Headley would be a (very) buy low move with the hope that getting him out of toxic (for hitters) Petco Park will kick start his offense. A good but not great prospect plus salary relief is fine with me.

7/3-7/6 Series Preview: Minnesota Twins
Game 84: Tanaka Thursday

Filed Under: Asides, Trade Deadline Tagged With: Chase Headley

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