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Braves' Marcell Ozuna Labeled Yankees Trade Target

Trade rumors continue to heat up around Atlanta Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna.

On Friday, Sports Illustrated's Nick Selbe and Will Laws included Ozuna on their list of 25 potential trade candidates for the 2025 MLB trade deadline. Selbe and Laws named five teams as "best fits" for Ozuna.

Most notably, the SI editors named the New York Yankees a fit for the designated hitter.

"After mashing 79 homers over the last two seasons and finishing fourth in NL MVP voting last year, Ozuna’s power has significantly fallen off in his age-34 season, though he’s partially compensated by trailing only Juan Soto in walk rate (17.