As the MLB free agency period continues, and free agents start to sign to teams, it leads to teams shifting their attention to other free agents at the position of need that they could end up signing. One of the free agents starting to gain traction now because of this is Austin Hays.
*Prediction*
The main. team being linked with having interest in signing Austin Hays has been the New York Mets, but there is another team that can look to sign him instead and that is the New York Yankees.
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The New York Yankees outfield is a major problem ahead of the 2026 MLB season. Aaron Judge has his spot solidified, and they were able to get Trent Grisham back on a qualifying offer, but with Cody Bellinger still a free agent, it leaves Jasson Dominguez as the other outfielder. Dominguez has shown flashes, but he also has shown his fair share of struggles as well.
For a contending team like the Yankees, they can risk Dominguez making crucial errors again and not providing an impact. If they are unable to re-sign Bellinger, the yankees need to look for a secondary option, and that could just end up being Austin Hays.
At 30 years old, Austin Hays won’t be looking to break the bank with. major contract, and instead, going to a team where he can compete for a World Series should also help in him not overvaluing the contract he looks for. Hays is coming off a season in which he had a .266/.315/.453 slash line with 15 home runs, an 64 runs batted in.
Austin Hays has provided consistent offensive production throughout his entire career, which has led to him having a career slash line of .262/.313/.435 with 83 312 runs batted in. Between his decent defensive production and consistent offense, he can be the outfield signing the Yankees need.