Yankees predicted to land Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suárez in monster 8-player swap

The New York Yankees would emotion to person Eugenio Suárez.

Third guidelines is New York's biggest lineup spread astatine nan moment, and nan Arizona Diamondbacks' prima has been nan champion violative 3rd baseman successful shot this season. With nan waste and acquisition deadline looming, Suárez is 1 of nan biggest dominoes to fall--whether he gets traded up of free agency aliases not.

The Yankees could besides really usage Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly, different impending free supplier pinch a caller playoff pedigree. Would they guidelines a chance astatine landing some successful 1 fell swoop?

Pete Caldera of NorthJersey.com believes it's possible, predicting earlier this week that New York would get some D-backs stars successful an eight-player blockbuster.

"Suarez's comments to reporters astir nan Yanks during All-Star week - 'If I spell complete there, I'll effort my champion to thief them triumph a World Series' - are put to nan test," Caldera wrote. "One time earlier MLB's July 31 waste and acquisition deadline, nan Yankees onshore Suarez, starter Merrill Kelly and lefty reliever Jalen Beeks from the Diamondbacks."

"In exchange, nan Yankees nonstop right-hander Clayton Beeter, apical insignificant convention pitching prospects Ben Hess and Bryce Cunningham, outfielder Everson Pereira and infielder Roc Riggio to Arizona."

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Yes, Suárez and Kelly are some rentals. And this is conscionable 1 writer's opinion, but that return package, particularly for a operation of nan two, feels a small light.

The prospects teams want astir from nan Yankees correct now, assuming shortstop George Lombard Jr. is disconnected nan table, are apt outfielder Spencer Jones, recently-debuted pitcher Cam Schlittler, and Double-A fireballer Carlos Lagrange. This package has nary of them.

Hess and Cunningham are some having bully seasons too, truthful possibly there's an extracurricular changeable nan Yankees tin debar giving those others away. But nan Diamondbacks are wrong their authorities to request nan world, because a ton of teams would emotion to person Suárez, Kelly, aliases both.

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