After Monday’s trade for Paxton was finalized Jon Morosi of MLB.com reported later on in the night that the Yankees were also asking Seatle about including shortstop Jean Segura in the deal. Segura was an All-Star in 2018 and in recent years he’s been one of the better offensive shortstops in all of baseball.
Morosi added in his tweet that had they been able to secure Segura along with Paxton that would have the Yankees from signing the premier free agent shortstop on the market.
Source: #Yankees mentioned #Mariners SS Jean Segura in trade talks before decision was made to focus on Paxton alone.