Yankees: 2021 Replacements for DJ LeMahieu

DJ LeMahieu will be a free agent after this season, and if the Yankees let him walk, they’ll have to get creative.

If DJ LeMahieu leaves the New York Yankees after 2020, something will have gone very wrong with the team’s best-laid plan.

That being said, sometimes…things happen, and it’s possible another big-spending team will value New York’s infield MVP candidate at a level beyond what the Yankees are willing to afford, especially considering 2/5 of their rotation is also hitting the market in Masahiro Tanaka and James Paxton.

So, what would a world without LeMahieu look like? 2021’s second base free agents are no great shakes, so it’s likely that New York would either move Gleyber Torres…