Yankees could swing trade for Twins All-Star to replace Anthony Volpe

The New York Yankees fig to beryllium looking for 3rd basemen astatine nan waste and acquisition deadline, but they could besides look astatine shortstop options to switch Anthony Volpe.

Volpe won a Gold Glove arsenic a rookie, but successful his 3 seasons, he has ne'er been a awesome violative player. This year, his discourtesy is still beneath average, but his defense has besides taken a dive.

He leads nan American League successful errors, but Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman person maintained religion successful him. However, arsenic nan waste and acquisition deadline approaches, FanSided's Rucker Harinegey suggested nan Yankees effort to get Willi Castro of nan Minnesota Twins to switch Volpe successful nan short term.

"If nan Yankees would for illustration to rotation nan dice connected a subordinate pinch much violative upside past Willi Castro should look arsenic an intriguing waste and acquisition candidate," wrote Harinegy. "The versatile Twin is successful nan midst of a value violative play and his left-handed bat could play good wrong nan friends confines of Yankee Stadium."

Castro is not a axenic shortstop, but fixed who figures to beryllium disposable astatine nan waste and acquisition deadline, he could beryllium a coagulated option. He does not request to beryllium a Gold Glover for nan Yankees to play shortstop. He conscionable has to beryllium amended than Volpe, which will not beryllium difficult this year.

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Castro will beryllium a free supplier aft nan play and is having a amended violative play than he did during his All-Star play past year. He has a .785 OPS, and would intelligibly beryllium an upgrade complete Volpe offensively. The Yankees are not apt to springiness up connected Volpe, but for nan clip being, it's difficult to warrant keeping him successful nan lineup each day.

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