The Yankees have been firing on all cylinders this season, holding firm at the top of the AL East with a solid 30–20 record. But beneath the surface, there are cracks. Injuries have chipped away at their roster depth, and the revolving door at third base continues to raise eyebrows. With the trade deadline inching closer, the Bronx Bombers may already have their sights set on a game-changing defender of the Texas Rangers, one who could quietly solve their infield headache.
Third base has been a sore spot for the Yankees ever since their third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera suffered an ankle fracture. Now, Peraza and Jorbit Vivas share the role at third, and that is not a long-term solution. The Texas Rangers might have the perfect answer for the Yankees in the form of their third baseman, Josh Jung. According to the Pinstripe Territory podcast hosts, he is the perfect option if Texas decides to be sellers.
“If they decide to be sellers, I think he’s the most realistic name that would be the best player in terms of being actually acquirable. I don’t think it’s that outlandish. And I would be very interested,” Terrence Kehm shared his thoughts while talking to Derek Levandowski on Pinstripe Territory.
“Put him in the Yankee lineup. I think that elevates his offense,” he added. Jung might be the answer the Yankees are looking for. So far this season, he is hitting .288 with 7 homers and 19 RBIs from a total of 49 games played. Defensively, he might even remind fans of a young Matt Chapman, but there are some cons, too. He’s around the middle of the pack when it comes to whiff percentage and strikeout percentage.
Though his average exit velocity isn’t great, Jung could still be the perfect choice to fill the third base void of the Yankees. But for this to happen, Texas needs to decide to be a seller.
The Rangers are currently 4th in the AL West with a record of 25-27. They are five games behind the Seattle Mariners for the division and three games back in the wild card race. Their recent form hasn’t been great as they dropped the series opener against the White Sox, too. But if they do become sellers, the Yankees must use this window to patch up any roster concerns by signing Jung and get bulletproof when they take a shot at October glory.
Meanwhile, something worse than losing a World Series just happened to the Yankees. The Bronx Bombers got defeated by one of the worst teams in the league.
Rockies stun Yankees in unexpected upset
Of all things, losing to the Rockies wasn’t something the Yankees saw coming in 2025. Even the boldest predictions didn’t see this kind of plot twist coming. How can they? One is a table leader, while the other is debatably one of the worst teams in the whole league.
The Colorado Rockies were having one of the worst starts in the first 50 games of this season, with a record of 8-42. And on Friday at Coors Field, they changed it to 9-42 — all thanks to the Yankees.
The Yankees entered the diamond with the confidence of extending their winning streak to five. So, when the Rockies took the game by 3-2, that too in front of a sell-out crowd of 47,211, that had to hurt. A lot. Players didn’t hold back on their disappointment.
“We’re not trying to go out there and lose ballgames,” starter Clarke Schmidt told the New York Post’s Greg Joyce. “It shows in here in the energy in here— obviously, everybody’s pissed off. But you play 162 games. You’re going to have games like this, nights like this where you don’t perform and you don’t get the job done.”
Schmidt pitched through 4 ²/₃ innings and was charged with all three runs. It’s not every day that the Yankees go through this kind of disaster.Except for Judge’s hit and Goldschmidt’s first-inning RBI triple, the team managed only five singles. That didn’t help their chances of winning over the Rockies. And just like that, Friday night turned into a full-blown nightmare for the Yanks.
They must be hoping this is just a minor misstep and not the start of a downward spiral. There is nearly zero chance for it to repeat, but the chances were the same for the first game of the series, too. Look where that ended.
So, if the Yankees want to lift their heads, swim out of the flood of memes, they better win the remaining two games. Let’s be honest — when they face the Rockies again on the 25th, every Bronxite is going to be glued to the screen.
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