The team has even acquired four players, including the Yankees and MVP, who lost to the "three MVPs" Dodgers. Will the team be able to avenge its return match
The team has even acquired four players, including the Yankees and MVP, who lost to the "three MVPs" Dodgers. Will the team be able to avenge its return match
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The New York Yankees of the Major League Baseball will have four former MVP hitters at once. Will they be able to avenge their loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, which has three MVP hitters in the World Series next year.메이저사이트
MLB.com reported on the 22nd (Korea Standard Time) that the Yankees agreed to a one-year, $12.5 million contract with first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.
Anthony Rizzo, who played as the main first baseman this year, has become a free agent and has started recruiting a new first baseman with strong offense. Rizzo only had a batting average of 228 with eight home runs and an OPS of .637 in 92 games. His overall performance as a first baseman of the Yankees was only .284 with a batting average of .335 with 16 home runs.
Goldschmidt was the 2022 National League MVP of the St. Louis Cardinals. He played 151 games with a batting average of 317, 35 homers, 115 RBIs, and an OPS.981. He had a batting average of 268, 25 homers, 80 RBIs, and an OPS.810 in 154 games last year, and this year he had a batting average of 245, 22 homers, 65 RBIs and an OPS.716.
The Yankees may have four MVPs in the starting lineup next year. The Yankees acquired Cody Bellinger through a trade with the Chicago Cubs on the 18th. The Yankees let go of bullpen pitcher Cody Fortit by bringing in Bellinger. The Yankees also receive a cash subsidy of $5 million of Bellinger's remaining salary from the Cubs.
Bellinger, who made his big league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017, won the National League MVP in 2019 with a batting average of 355, 47 homers, 115 RBIs, 121 runs and an OPS of 1.035 in 156 games. He was released by the Dodgers after a series of poor performances in the 2021-2022 season, and made a comeback with the Cubs.
Bellinger succeeded in reviving the Cubs in 2023 by batting .37 with 26 home runs, 97 RBIs, 95 runs scored and OPS .881 in 130 games. He signed a three-year, $80 million FA contract with the Cubs after the season, and this year he hit .266 with 18 home runs, 78 RBIs, 72 runs scored and OPS .751 in 130 games.
The Dodgers, which acquired Goldschmidt and Bellinger, have four MVP hitters, including Aaron Judge, the home run king, and Giancarlo Stanton. Judge won the American League MVP in 2022 and 2024, and Stanton played for the Miami Marlins in 2017 and won the National League MVP.
If Judge plays center fielder, Bellinger plays right fielder, Goldschmidt plays first baseman, and Stanton plays designated hitter, four MVP hitters can operate in the lineup at the same time.
The Yankees lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers, where three MVP hitters played, in this year's World Series. Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman are the MVP winners of the Dodgers. If the Yankees and Dodgers meet again next year, they can see a great game in which seven MVP hitters appear at the same time in one game.