San Francisco Giants: Three Outside Options to Fill Left Field Void
By Jason Reed
Brett Gardner
With Clint Frazier patiently biding his time down in the minors, the Yankees may be looking to trade Brett Gardner at the deadline. Gardner has been a member of the Yankees organization his entire career, dating back to his draft selection in 2005.
Gardner is signed through the 2018 season with a team option for 2019. Meaning if the Yankees did not want to bring him back when he is 35, they don’t have to. This realistically leaves the Yankees with two more seasons with Gardner which, at the deadline, will be down to a year and a half.
By that time Clint Frazier may be licking his chops in the minors ready for some big league action. With Aaron Judge, Jacoby Ellsbury and Gardner all blocking him, it is less than likely he could start for the pinstripes anytime soon. That is, unless Gardner gets dealt.
Gardner would be a great addition atop the Giants lineup and would provide more of that base-stealing prowess that the Giants love. The best bet for San Francisco may be to deal pitching prospect Tyler Beede. He may be the best prospect they have, but a straight up swap between the two would be more than possible.
But the Giants may be pressed to get a better left fielder in a package deal that includes Beede, a package deal for…