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Solving the Yankees’ third base fiasco won’t be easy – or cheap

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Sherman, J. (2026, October 16). Solving the Yankees’ third base fiasco won’t be easy – or cheap. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/16/sports/solving-the-yankees-third-base-fiasco-wont-be-easy-or-cheap/

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The Yankees struggled at third base last season with poor offensive numbers and inconsistent defense. Ryan McMahon, acquired mid-season for his defensive skills, saw his performance decline, making his weak offense more noticeable. Amed Rosario was also ineffective against left-handed pitching despite being expected to excel in that area. The team now faces the challenge of improving this position while dealing with McMahon's $16 million contract for 2027, which complicates potential trades or signings.

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Joel Sherman

25 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 Meanwhile, the Yankees were willing to accept Amed Rosario’s lesser glove at third in exchange for him hitting lefties well.

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🔮 That makes me believe Hal will value continuity this particular offseason.

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🔮 He should manage like his job is on the line, whether Hal Steinbrenner or Brian Cashman would actually push that lever or not if the Yankees lose yet another postseason series, in part because of the type of sloppiness that historically has reflected poorly on a manager.

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🔮 Sign Up NowYet, they could not even muster a little — unless you are talking about how small they showed up Monday night beyond Ben Rice.

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🔮 The Yankees will have to decide if they want to risk paying David Bednar and Jazz Chisholm Jr. $23.1 million next season, The Post has learned.

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🔮 Wheeler, Jhoan Duran, Brandon Marsh and Bryson Stott will enter their walk year in 2027.

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🔮 Nothing will change as far as how the Yankees enjoy their best chance to join last year’s Knicks in forever.

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🔮 In the end, he went with his best — and the one that would cause the least second-guessing and noise.

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In Part 5 of our continuing series breaking down how the Yankees should navigate the offseason position by position, we look at third base. asserted

we → continue → base

The Yankees had among the majors’ worst slash lines at third – .215/.271/.358. asserted

Yankees → have → .215/.271/.358

That is more tolerable if they were getting elite defense at the position. asserted

they → get → position

The Rays, for example, live annually with Taylor Walls’ feeble bat because his shortstop defense is special. asserted

defense → live → bat

The Brewers just won the NL title with the same paradigm with Joey Ortiz, initially at short and now at third. asserted

Brewers → win → third

Access the Yankees beat like never before Don’t miss Greg Joyce’s text messages from The Bronx and beyond — he’s giving Sports+ subscribers the inside buzz on the Yankees. asserted

he → access → Yankees

Sign Up NowThat was Ryan McMahon for the Yankees last year after his trade-deadline acquisition provided a strong glove, which was particularly valuable, say, when lefty contact-oriented Max Fried started. asserted

Fried → sign → glove

But McMahon’s defense regressed and so his poor offense became more problematic. asserted

offense → regress → ?

Meanwhile, the Yankees were willing to accept Amed Rosario’s lesser glove at third in exchange for him hitting lefties well. asserted

him → accept → lefties

Except for the first time in his career, he didn’t. asserted

he → do → career

The overall result was unacceptable, so this position must improve for next season. asserted

position → improve → season

McMahon’s $16 million due for 2027 complicates matters. asserted

McMahon → complicate → matters

The Yankees have gotten in the habit of eating that range of contract after releasing Aaron Hicks and DJ LeMahieu. asserted

Yankees → get → Hicks

But the first route will be to try to trade McMahon by either eating a good deal of what he is owed, taking on a bad contract as a counterbalance or perhaps including him with more desirable pieces in a bigger trade. asserted

he → try → trade

Solving the Yankees’ third base fiasco won’t be easy – or cheap

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