CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - SEPTEMBER 26: Javier Baez #9 of the Chicago Cubs during the game against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on September 26, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
The Yankees should target Javier Baez in free agency next year if Gleyber Torres doesn’t have a good 2021 season.
Many fans were unhappy with the defensive play of Gleyber Torres in 2020 and New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman didn’t even commit to the 23-year-old as the shortstop of the future during his end-of-season press conference.
Conventional wisdom suggests that this year’s 60-game sample size was not enough for the Yankees to properly evaluate Torres, so there’s a feeling that the young slugger will remain the starter at short in 2021 and get a full 162-game slate under his belt to convince the front office otherwise.