The New York Yankees were in pursuit of shortstop Javier Baez on trade deadline day before the New York Mets eventually acquired the two-time All-Star from the Chicago Cubs.
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports and The Athletic provided the report during FS1's Mets at Philadelphia Phillies broadcast on Saturday, noting injuries to Yankees infielders Gio Urshela and DJ LeMahieu as reasons why New York pursued Baez.
Ken RosenthalAs I said on <a href="https://twitter.com/FS1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FS1</a>, Yankees were in mix for Báez on deadline day, separate from pursuit of Rizzo, whom they had acquired day before. At time, Yankees were worried about Urshela, who later went on IL with left hamstring strain, and LeMaheiu, who was nursing minor triceps strain.