00:00Interesting development with the Yankees. Right now, they are taking a little bit of a closer look
00:04at star free agent infielder Bo Bichette, one of the top free agents on the market.
00:10The Yankees have been in talks with Cody Bellinger. Their player from last year had an
00:16excellent year, 29 home runs, had more than a five war, was outstanding defensively,
00:21and they've exchanged figures a couple of times with Bellinger. Right now, there is still a bit
00:26of a gap, and they haven't been able to close it to this point. Does that mean that Bellinger is
00:30gone? Not necessarily, but both Bellinger and the Yankees will have an opportunity to look around a
00:36bit. We know that Bellinger is drawing interest from the teams he's played for. They like him.
00:40The Dodgers, Cubs are two teams looking at Bellinger. Mets, Giants, potentially the Jays if they don't
00:46get a deal done with Kyle Tucker. That could be another team for Bellinger. But right now,
00:50the Yankees focus, other than on Bellinger, seems to be on Bo Bichette. And Bichette is a guy who was
00:57one of the best hitters in the game, was hurt at the end of last year, but did have a cameo role in
01:02the World Series. Played very well, was nearly the hero in Game 7. Expected to be healthy for the start
01:09of this coming season. And it would be very, very interesting to see how they fit him in, because
01:14we know that Volpe's out at the beginning of the year after shoulder surgery, so obviously he could be a
01:20shortstop at the beginning for the Yankees. Could do some work at first base with Ben Rice there,
01:25a left-hander, a little bit of a real hard-hitting platoon potentially, but not the obvious fit,
01:30at least for 2026. They are taking bids on Jazz Chisholm, the All-Star second baseman. Not sure
01:38anything is developing there, but if they do trade Chisholm, obviously then second base would be open
01:43and be more obvious. Bichette's got other teams interested. We know the Phillies, as the New York
01:48Post first reported, are interested in Bichette. Red Sox, Cubs, Dodgers, his old Blue Jays team,
01:56several teams interested in Bichette. Should be interesting how it turns out, but the Yankees
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