The New York Yankees have reportedly been in contact with the Oakland Athletics front office regarding a trade around first baseman Matt Olson.
According to Jack Curry of YES Network,
“The Yankees have made inquiries about Matt Olson with the A's, but I'm hearing there hasn't been any detailed conversations about which players would be involved in a potential deal. Obviously, that can change with one call or one text. Yankees are definitely interested.”
Yankees look like they are going to part ways with first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Matt Olson is arguably the best first baseman in baseball and adding him to replace Rizzo would be an upgrade. Olson is an elite left-handed-hitting first baseman who also has one of the best gloves in baseball. He would add a much-needed lefty bat to this lineup.
The Yankees are looking to be big spenders this offseason as they have not had the success that they have hoped for in the past decade. If the Yankees want to get back to being contenders, they're going to have to spend a lot of money this offseason as the club has many areas that they need to improve.
Matt Olson would be a great start for this Yankees team but it couldn't stop there. Yankees also need to go out and add some pitching as well as going after a shortstop. They might have to trade some of their top prospects but it's reported that they do not want to trade Anthony Volpe or Jason Dominguez.
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