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Former NY Mets player is a competent Eugenio Suarez consolation prize for the Yankees

A player who got his start with the New York Mets might be the solution to the third base problem of their crosstown rivals -- the New York Yankees. When he signed with the Yankees as an international free agent in 2016, Oswald Peraza made noise in the team's farm system, climbing the ranks to eventually become a top-three prospect in the Yankees' system and a top-50 prospect in all of baseball, receiving acclaim for his bat-to-ball ability as well as speed and aggressiveness on the basepath. Four years into his MLB tenure, it hasn't worked out well for Peraza, as he has slashed just .