Sneakily, there's reason to believe the New York Yankees could use a player outside of Cody Bellinger or Kyle Tucker. That isn't to say that Bellinger or Tucker wouldn't be ideal options for the Yankees, as Bellinger already proved that, and Tucker is one of the best players in baseball, but if they can find an infielder who does positive things offensively, it might help the team out more long-term.
For some, including Madison Pavich of Pinstripe Alley over at SB Nation, she believes that an infield upgrade would be a positive for the Yankees, especially if they're willing to forget about the outfield upgrades and try to find a positive impact offensively in the infield.
“However, the flashier answers come from our second scenario, where the Yankees pivot away from the outfield and entrust left field to either Jasson Dominguez or Spencer Jones and go after an infield upgrade. Bo Bichette is a name that has been linked to the Yankees earlier in the offseason, and would be an outright upgrade to what Volpe has given them recently.
"He comes with defensive limitations, ones that may necessitate him being a longer-term replacement for Jazz Chisholm Jr. at second should the team not re-sign him after next season, but for an immediate fit he’d become the team’s starting shortstop. It’s an awkward upgrade as the team seems to want to give Volpe another shot at starting and he may prove them right with a healthy season, but if forced to pick between the two I don’t know who wouldn’t walk away happier with Bichette right now,” she wrote.
As she mentioned, there have been some rumblings about Bo Bichette. On the surface, Bichette would be a nice player to have, but he's also a very bad defender, so there has to be something that comes into play here.
At the end of the day, however, if a player is going to do what Bichette does offensively, it would obviously be a positive for the Yankees.
The Yankees are always offensively focused, and although they've attempted to improve defensively in recent years, as long as the Yankees can be somewhat average at shortstop or somewhere else in the infield, they should be more than fine if they were to land him.