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Thursday, November 10, 2022

Yankees interested in Japan’s Masataka Yoshida as Aaron Judge complement

The Yankees are showing interest in outfielder Masataka Yoshida, an outstanding hitter with a career slash line of .326/.419/.538.

Yoshida would fit the Yankees as he is a left-handed hitter and the type of contact hitter they prefer. Think Andrew Benintendi with much more power.

“I’m aware of him,” was all GM Brian Cashman would say about Yoshida. But another Yankees person said they are indeed interested.

The Yankees’ top outfield target is obviously Aaron Judge, but they’d like two outfielders, with the second one (assuming they can re-sign Judge) preferably left-handed. Yoshida, 29, drew attention with a .447 on-base percentage this past season.

“He’s as legit as they come,” former MLB outfielder Joe McCarthy, who played in Japan, told the Post’s Joel Sherman. “He didn’t slump for five months. He can go gap to gap. He just constantly barrels up pitches.”

RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: November 10, 2022 at 04:39 PM | 1 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
  Tags: japanese free agents, masataka yoshida, yankees

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   1. Walt Davis Posted: November 11, 2022 at 12:53 PM (#6105133)
Answering the trivia question: Joe McCarthy had 10 PA for the Giants during covid 2020. He went 0-10 with 5 Ks, an anti-Paciorek. He did have an excellent 2021 at AAA and what I suspect is a solid year in Japan in 2022.

I'd find that headline a lot more entertaining if it was a NPB team rather than the Yankees.

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