The New York Yankees were warned this off-season, and they paid no heed. Now they are facing their worst nightmare! Time and again, fans and insiders told them to pay attention to their third base. There was a huge gap, with Juan Soto off to their crosstown rivals.

However, after building a solid, well-rounded team, the Yankees sought to look inwards. They wanted to depend on DJ LeMaheiu for the role. The player who played just 67 games last season is 36 years old. And well, that didn’t turn out too well because he just injured his calf and now is nowhere close to starting in third.

Joel Sherman had pitched a name—Jose Iglesias. For him, getting the player would address the Yankees’ weak third-base issue. But alas, the Padres just stole him from under their nose.

Yes, Jose Iglesias, according to reports from MLB and even Robert Murray of Fansided, headed to deal with the Padres. Jon Heyman of the New New York Post also reports that Iglesias will get up to $3 million if he makes the roster. And also $1 million in incentives!

This is huge news for the San Diego Padres, and they will bank on Iglesias’s experience and his sheer energy to maybe push them into the postseason this time around.

This is a developing story…