{"id":553366,"date":"2026-01-30T06:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/553366\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T06:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:47:11","slug":"yankees-paul-goldschmidt-free-agent-update-is-exciting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/553366\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Paul Goldschmidt free agent update is exciting news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/news\/yankees-paul-goldschmidt-free-agent-update-exciting-news\/512e4422e8b5484c8fb65b83?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yankees&#039; Paul Goldschmidt free agent update is exciting news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Yankees&#8217; Paul Goldschmidt free agent update is exciting news<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Yankees;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Yankees<\/a> and Paul Goldschmidt haven&#8217;t figured out his free agency yet.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But they&#8217;re still trying to line something up, and the latest updates are positive.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/29\/sports\/paul-goldschmidt-remains-a-yankees-option-with-some-hurdles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Post&#039;s Jon Heyman reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Post&#8217;s Jon Heyman reported<\/a> this on Thursday:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Paul Goldschmidt seems willing to return to the Yankees, even as something less than a full-time player. The Yankees are over the top tax threshold now, so they\u2019d have to squeeze Goldy into the payroll.\u00a0Goldschmidt makes sense since the Yankees still\u00a0aren\u2019t sold on Jasson Dom\u00ednguez\u00a0batting right-handed and Goldy is better defensively at 1B than Ben Rice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/cleveland-guardians\/news\/how-guardians-jose-ramirez-pace-cleveland-derek-jeter\/4f853a182bc8cfe42b7f0aa7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:How Jose Ramirez is on pace to become Cleveland&#039;s Derek Jeter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">How Jose Ramirez is on pace to become Cleveland&#8217;s Derek Jeter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Goldschmidt seems willing to be just the short-side platoon guy that plays first base against left-handed pitching.<\/p>\n<p>If he&#8217;s really willing to do that, the Yanks should go after him.<\/p>\n<p>Goldschmidt played for the Yankees in 2025 for the first time. He turned 38 years old in September.<\/p>\n<p>Goldschmidt is a seven-time All Star and a former MVP.<\/p>\n<p>In his career, he&#8217;s a .288 hitter with an .884 OPS and 372 home runs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/pittsburgh-pirates\/news\/pirates-paul-skenes-new-pitch\/56962ae35deb32c3355b5bc1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paul Skenes has added a new pitch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Paul Skenes has added a new pitch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goldschmidt signed with the Yankees on a one-year, $12.5 million deal before the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>For the Yanks, Goldy batted .274 with a .731 OPS. Just against lefties, though, his OPS was .981.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;ll definitely work if the Yankees could get production like that out of Goldy one more time.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Paul Goldschmidt free agent update is exciting news originally appeared on The Sporting News. 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