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The Yankees churn through prospects like no other team in baseball, often building value as high as possible before sending that value to other clubs for major league-ready talent. Their self-scouting has been strong recently, not many traded prospects rising elsewhere and making the Yankees regret their decisions.
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At the 2021 trade deadline, Brian Cashman & Co. landed Joey Gallo, Anthony Rizzo, Andrew Heaney, Clay Holmes and Joely Rodríguez for a smorgasbord of 12 prospects, the vast majority — the Hoy Parks and Glenn Ottos and Alexander Vizcainos of the world — mostly forgotten.
But not all of them. Josh Smith is back in The Bronx this week to face an organization he did not know well before saying goodbye.
A strong bat and gifted defender who can play anywhere — including third base — and who won a Silver Slugger as utilityman last season sure would be useful to the Yankees right now.
