Yankees 2017 Potential Free Agent Target: Carlos Gomez

While it may not be a necessity, the Yankees are in the market for an outfielder or big bat. The team expressed some interest in Carlos Beltran but never pursued it, and there have been rumors that they will make a run for Edwin Encarnacion.

With Beltran off to the Astros, and Encarnacion expecting a contract over five years and $100 million, it’s worthy to discuss to some lower price, but possibly higher reward, contracts. That’s why Carlos Gomez could be very interesting.

2016 Statistics: 118 G, 453 PA, .231/.298/.384, 13 HR, 53 RBI, 83 wRC+, 0.9 fWAR

Age on Opening Day 2017: 31

Position: OF

Gomez was originally signed by the New York Mets as a 16-year-old international amateur back in 2002,…