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According to MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch, the New York Yankees have “real” interest in signing third baseman Alex Bregman as a free agent.

Bregman won his first Gold Glove with the Houston Astros in 2024 leading AL third baseman with a .972 fielding percentage.

The Astros have already offered Bregman a six-year contract worth around $156 million to return to Houston, MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart previously reported.

DJ LeMahieu began the season at third base, but batted just .183 in 41 games before being moved from that position in late July.

At that point, the Yankees had just acquired Jazz Chisholm Jr., a former second baseman turned outfielder, from the Miami Marlins in a midseason trade.

Chisholm played third base for the first time in his MLB career in his second game with the Yankees. He ended up staying in that position for the rest of the season.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he would be “more than comfortable” with Chisholm remaining at third base ahead of the 2025 season.

However, the ideal outcome for the Yankees would likely be to acquire a veteran third baseman, allowing Chisholm to slide back to second base, thereby filling the infield void created by the potential departure of Gleyber Torres in free agency.

There is a long history between the Yankees and Bregman, who was a key member of the 2017 Astros team that eliminated New York from the ALCS and was later penalized by the MLB for sign stealing. Bregman’s connection to that team “wouldn’t stop the Yankees from pursuing him,” sources told MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch.

Another possible option for the Yankees’ third base need could be St. Louis Cardinals star Nolan Arenado, although the team is not on the list of six finalists Arenado would be open to trading up to his No. 1, according to MLB.com’s John -Trade clause to waive Denton.