Shortstop has been a priority for the New York Yankees all season, and it’s astonishing Jonathan Villar’s name hasn’t come up yet.
He doesn’t have the power of Carlos Correa and Trevor Story, nor the elite glove. They’re both likely future Hall of Famers and still in their 20s. Villar, meanwhile, turns 31 in May and will play for his seventh MLB team in ten seasons unless he re-signs with the New York Mets.
Could the Yankees theoretically write one of their signature big checks and land either Correa or Story? They most certainly could, but they don’t have to.