NYY News: Bronx-to-Queens pipeline flowing

New York Daily News | Abbey Mastracco : Juan Soto defected from the Yankees to the Mets earlier this month, but hes far from the first person to take the short journey from the Bronx to Queens.

Recently, a robust New York to New York exchange has developed, with the Mets poaching a number of former Yankees.

Players like Clay Holmes, Luis Severino, and Luis Torrens have transferred, to go along with plenty of coaches as well, including manager Carlos Mendoza.

Baseball Prospectus | Rob Mains : Sotos trip across town obviously marks a seismic change in the Mets-Yankees crosstown rivalry dynamic.

It also signifies a more subtle change thats taken place across the league; the NL has overtaken the AL.

The Junior Circuit has largely dominated its senior brother throughout the existence of interleague play, besting the NL in interleague every year between 2003 and 2018.

But the NL has at last changed the conversation, winning interleague each of the last two seasons.

Soto himself now nudges the NL just a bit further ahead.

CBS Sports | Mike Axisa : Heres a quick roundup of Christmas hot stove rumors.

Included is a report from Jon Heyman indicating the Yankees are interested in a reunion with reliever Tim Hill, who excelled in New York after being cut midseason by the White Sox .

New York Daily News | Gary Phillips : DJ LeMahieu is coming off the worst season of his career, posting a sub-.500 OPS and notching just seven extra-base hits over 67 games.

The Yankees havent completely written him off yet, with Aaron Boone telling reporters I would never cross off a player of his caliber, even though its been obviously a tough couple of years.

Although the Yankees have publicly expressed a tiny bit of confidence in LeMahieu thus far, logic dictates that theyre almost certainly not expecting much from him in 2025.

The team has been connected to infield help all offseason, and while LeMahieu may have two years and $30 million remaining on his contract, theyve shown a willingness to cut unproductive players owed similar amounts of money before..

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