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The New York Yankees don’t often make trades with their crosstown rival, the New York Mets. However, WFAN’s Evan Roberts says a player in the Mets’ trade rumor mill would be an ideal fit for the Yankees.
During the Feb. 4 edition of “Mets Hot Stove” on SNY, The Athletic’s Will Sammon stated that teams around MLB are asking the Mets about Brett Baty and Mark Vientos.
“There are teams that like Brett Baty and Mark Vientos, especially Brett Baty,” Sammon said. “The Pirates are one of those teams.”
As a result of this information, Roberts believes that Vientos’ versatility would make him an ideal player for the Yankees to have.
“I know it’s not going to happen [but] you cannot tell me Mark Vientos isn’t perfect for the New York Yankees,” Roberts said in a video posted by WFAN on Feb. 6. “You can’t tell me [the Yankees can’t use a] third base, right-handed bat. He’s perfect for that team.”
Vientos hit .233 with 99 hits, 17 home runs, 61 RBIs, and 44 runs scored in 121 games in 2025, per StatMuse. However, with the arrival of Bo Bichette, the former Toronto Blue Jays star will be sliding into that third base role.
Moreover, Jorge Polanco will be playing first base, which makes Vientos an expendable piece if the Mets want to take that route.
Yankees Value Versatility In Their Squad
Although a trade for Vientos might not happen, the Mets infielder has been used at multiple corner positions, and versatility is what the Yankees value. It’s a major reason they had to re-sign Cody Bellinger.
During an appearance on MLB Network Radio, New York general manager Brian Cashman spotlighted the importance of Bellinger being able to play multiple positions.
“He covers us in so many different ways,” Cashman said in a video that MLB Network Radio posted on Feb. 1. “He’s a Swiss army knife on the defensive side with above‑average defense in left [field], center [field], [and] first [base]. Again, it gives our manager, Aaron Boone, a lot of flexibility as the unforeseen starts to occur when the season starts to go. We have coverage in a lot of spots that way. Offensively, he can bat in the middle of the lineup, and he’s a lefty.
“Obviously, we have a lot of strikeouts in a lineup, so he’s a contact‑oriented hitter with pop that is not only good against right‑handers, but also left‑handers as well. He’s not a situation where you get neutralized. He just checks a lot of boxes, as you just said. Handling New York is obviously vitally important, too, because not everybody can do.”
Aaron Boone Has World Series Contending Team
Even without a headline-grabbing offseason move, the Yankees are not being counted out as contenders in the American League. MLB Network Radio’s Jeff Joyce said it may have been a quiet winter in New York, but Aaron Boone still has a roster built to contend for a championship.
“I know that everyone’s down on the Yankees, but going into this season, if [Gerrit] Cole and [Carlos] Rodón come back healthy, they’ve probably got the best rotation they’ve had in a while, as far as postseason potential,” Joyce said in a video posted by MLB Network Radio on Jan. 31.
“Lineup-wise, they feel like they’ve got more pieces around [Aaron] Judge than they’ve had in a while, even though it still feels a little bit short going down. So I will still call them a contending team, a championship-caliber team.
“I’d like to see one bat added, because the left side of the infield doesn’t excite me. But I do feel like the last couple of years have at least been better, and given them a better opportunity than they were doing more in the earlier 2020s, 2021 through 2023.”
Eduardo Razo Eduardo Razo is a sports writer for Heavy.com, covering the NFL, MLB, and college football. He has previously covered the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area & California, and has freelanced for PSG Talk, covering Paris Saint-Germain. He also worked as an editor at Athlon Sports, focusing on MLB and the NFL. More about Eduardo Razo
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