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Yankees Rumors: Yanks Want Chase Headley, But Only For Three Year Deal

By Hayden Kane

Sep 17, 2014; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; New York Yankees third baseman Chase Headley (12) works out prior to the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 17, 2014; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; New York Yankees third baseman Chase Headley (12) works out prior to the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
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The New York Yankees are interested in re-signing third baseman Chase Headley, but only if they can sign him to a three-year deal.

The market for position players in MLB free agency is thin, to say the least. Teams are going to have to make concessions and overpay to sign the players on their wishlist.

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Consider, for example, the situation with the Yankees and free agent third baseman Chase Headley. After Headley enjoyed a successful stint in the second half of 2014 as a member of the Yankees, the team is understandably interested in bringing him back to plug their hole at third. What the Yankees do not want, however, is to give Headley a deal that runs longer than three years, at least not right now.

With a number of teams interested in Headley, including the San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians, and Toronto Blue Jays, if the Yankees decide to hard-line Headley on the number of years, they will likely kill their own chances to sign him.

That seems like a silly reason for the Yankees to miss out on an everyday third baseman when it is clearly a position of need, but according to Jon Heyman of CBS, that is where the team currently stands with Headley:

"The Yankees have signaled a willingness to give free agent third baseman Chase Headley a three-year deal, but with a thin third-base market now that Aramis Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval are off the board, it appears Headley is looking around for something better.By all accounts the Headley-Yankees second-half marriage was a major hit last year, but he likely believes he can beat three years elsewhere."

Heyman then also notes that Headley turned down a three-year extension from the Padres last winter, and given the spike in his value in a thin market this winter, he certainly won’t be inclined to settle for less now.

Nor should he be. Here’s betting Headley ends up back in the National League West on a four-year deal.

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