{"id":638908,"date":"2026-03-23T13:28:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/638908\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:28:45","slug":"yankees-trade-infielder-jorbit-vivas-to-nationals-for-pitcher-sean-paul-linan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/638908\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees trade infielder Jorbit Vivas to Nationals for pitcher Sean Paul Linan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA \u2014 The Yankees swung a minor trade on the final day of camp as they continued to whittle down their roster to 26.<\/p>\n<p> Access the Yankees beat like never before <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/account\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Try it free;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Try it free&quot;}\"> Try it free <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The club dealt infielder Jorbit Vivas to the Nationals for minor league pitcher Sean Paul Li\u00f1an, ensuring they would get something for the out-of-options Vivas, who was not going to make the team.<\/p>\n<p>Li\u00f1an, 21, is a right-hander who split 2025 between Single-A, High-A and Triple-A, posting a 3.03 ERA across 19 games (15 starts) with 106 strikeouts in 77 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings.<\/p>\n<p>He was originally signed by the Dodgers out of Colombia before being dealt to the Nationals in a package for Alex Call last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Vivas was also an original Dodgers signing before being acquired by the Yankees with reliever Victor Gonz\u00e1lez for Trey Sweeney ahead of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Jorbit Vivas during a Yankees exhibition game on Feb. 19, 2026. Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774272523_727_7d3c89fcf712eb371afc9814a526833c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jorbit Vivas during a Yankees exhibition game on Feb. 19, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He appeared in 29 games for the Yankees last season but hit just .161 with a .516 OPS.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Trading Vivas opens up a spot on the 40-man roster.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Sean Paul Li\u00f1an pitches during the game between the Washington Nationals and the St. Louis Cardinals at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on Thursday, March 19, 2026. 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MLB Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees need at least one open spot to officially sign Randal Grichuk, who <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/randal-grichuk-earns-yankees-bench-164845423.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:is making the club after being in camp on a minor league deal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;is making the club after being in camp on a minor league deal&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is making the club after being in camp on a minor league deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Will Warren finished off a terrific spring by tossing five shutout innings against the Phillies on Sunday, allowing just one hit while striking out six across 62 pitches.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander finished with a 1.42 ERA across six starts, looking much crisper and seeing dividends from moving to the third base side of the rubber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been excellent,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said.<\/p>\n<p>Warren, who will start Saturday\u2019s series finale against the Giants, and J.C. Escarra each challenged balls that turned into Strike 3s in the top of the first inning.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Entering Sunday, the Yankees were the most aggressive team in using the ABS challenge system this spring.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Lagrange was named the winner of the 2026 James P. Dawson Award, given annually to the most outstanding rookie in big league camp.<\/p>\n<p>The top pitching prospect was the talk of camp with his triple-digit fastball and improved command \u2014 posting a 0.66 ERA across 13 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings \u2014 showing the Yankees he is closer to the majors than they thought coming into the spring.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old right-hander will make one more start against the Cubs on Monday in Arizona before heading to the minors.<\/p>\n<p>Gerrit Cole traveled with the Yankees to Arizona and will start Tuesday\u2019s exhibition against the Cubs, building up to two innings as he continues his rehab from Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Weathers will piggyback him to finish off his buildup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA \u2014 The Yankees swung a minor trade on the final day of camp as they continued to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2398],"tags":[909,146,5,39,2281,1121,1825,4,415,40,1448,1073,67,1957,1955,414,71,4222,772,142],"class_list":["post-638908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-nationals","tag-alex-call","tag-arizona","tag-baseball","tag-dodgers","tag-gerrit-cole","tag-j-c-escarra","tag-jorbit-vivas","tag-mlb","tag-nationals","tag-phillies","tag-randal-grichuk","tag-ryan-weathers","tag-st-louis-cardinals","tag-trey-sweeney","tag-victor-gonzalez","tag-washington","tag-washington-nationals","tag-washingtonnationals","tag-will-warren","tag-yankees"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116278731415707922","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}