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The Texas Rangers could use the trade market to free up infield space after agreeing to deals with Marcus Semien andCorey Seager.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the New York Yankees are trying to trade for Isiah Kiner-Falefa of the Rangers.
The Rangers agreed to a seven-year, $175 million deal with Semien, according to Jeff Passan.
Passan reported on Monday that Seager agreed to join the Rangers.
In his career, Kiner-Falefa has played a number of positions. He won the American League Gold Glove at third base last year after leading the league with seven defensive runs saved.
Kiner-Falefa was moved to the infield after Elvis Andrus was traded to Oakland. He was third in the qualified players at the position with 10 defensive runs saved.
Kiner-Falefa makes enough contact in his swing to hit for an average. In 362 games with the Rangers, he has a slash line of.265/.316/.354.
Kiner-Falefa has a.273 batting average with 11 homers and 63 runs in 216 games.
The Yankees were ranked 22nd in FanGraphs' defensive value. Gleyber Torres was the only one of the 26 in MLB who had minus-15 defensive runs saved.
Kiner-Falefa wouldn't be the big splash acquisition that Yankees fans would get excited about, but his defensive skill set would be an upgrade for the team in the future.
