With Gleyber Torres’s inability to handle the position and the team’s decision to designate Tyler Wade for assignment to create room on the 40-man roster, the Yankees have exactly one player on the roster who they feel even remotely confident playing shortstop — third baseman Gio Urshela. Fortunately, the timing could not be better for Brian Cashman, as this winter’s free agent class includes the best assortment of shortstops to hit the market, well, ever.
At the top of that free agent class is former Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager. In many ways, you can’t find a better fit for the Yankees 2022 lineup than the two-time All-Star and 2016 Rookie of the Year Award winner.