A January 7 article from USA Today’s Bon Nightengale conveyed that the New York Yankees’ front office is making an effort to trade one of their starting pitchers.
“[The Yankees] are actively trying to deal starter Marcus Stroman and clear his $18 million salary,” Nightengale wrote.
This doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise, considering how Stroman produced a sub-par 2024 season and the Yankees have a plethora of MLB-caliber starters.
It has also been reported (albeit not universally agreed upon) that the Yankees are pursuing a trade for San Diego Padres infielder Luis Arráez.
“The Yankees are unquestionably a deeper team — and they’re not done, either. They’ve continued to discuss Luis Arráez with San Diego,” ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan wrote in a January 6 article.
With these two pieces of information in mind, Bleacher Report’s Zachary D. Rymer cooked up a potential trade proposal that involved both Stroman and Arráez on January 8.
“Trade Proposal: New York Yankees get 2B/1B Luis Arraez; San Diego Padres get RHP Marcus Stroman, RHP Will Warren, cash,” Rymer wrote.
When citing why this trade would work for the Yankees, Rymer said, “Though Arraez is a subpar defender, he’d be a lone weak link on a strong infield that would also have Anthony Volpe at short and Goldschmidt at first.