This Luis Arraez trade package will satisfy Giants, silence crying Yankees fans

With the trade deadline coming in six weeks, the SF Giants clearly seem like they ae going to be sellers. Second baseman Luis Arraez is one of the team's more obvious trade chips and the New York Yankees would make sense as a trade partner.

While the Yankees seem to have pretty much every position covered, it never hurts to have another contact bat in the lineup. Arraez is hitting .320/.357/.444 with three home runs and 30 runs batted in. He's also playing some superb defense at second base and might even win a Gold Glove.

Yankees fans are never content so even though their favorite team is 46-30 on the season they want the team to make moves in anticipation of a playoff run.

The Giants and Yankees did business last year when San Francisco sent reliever Camilo Doval to New York in exchange for Jesus Rodriguez, Parks Harber, Trystn Vierling, and Carlos De La Rosa. Given Doval's struggles, the Giants certainly seem to have won that trade so maybe San Francisco can fleece the Yankees again.

The return for Arraez may not be as strong as the one for Doval. Keep in mind the Yankees thought they were getting an All-Star reliever who would not hit free agency until after 2027. Arraez is set to be a free agent after this season so he would just be a rental for New York.

Giants can try to fleece the Yankees again by trading Luis Arraez

The Giants could still get a decent return though. Let's imagine a mock trade package the Yankees might agree to:

Giants-Yankees mock trade proposal: Yankees get 2B Luis Arraez in exchange for LHP Henry Lalane and SS Kaeden Kent

Lalane is a tall left-handed arm who is ranked No. 14 in New York's farm system. He stands at 6-foot-7 and the 22-year-old currently has a 3.54 ERA on the season in Single-A. He has a lot of potential but is still considered a "wild card" by prospect experts. He was born in the Bronx so it would hurt the Yankees to get rid of a hometown kid but he'd definitely boost San Francisco's farm system.

Before you ask, yes, Kaeden Kent is the son of former Giants second baseman Jeff Kent. He is 22 years old and is currently hitting .297/.357/.431 with five home runs and 34 runs batted in for New York's High-A affiliate. He is ranked No. 13 overall in the Yankees' system.

He fits the mold of contact-first hitters the Giants have acquired in trades since president of baseball operations Buster Posey took over and has the added benefit of being a nostalgic addition to the organization.

This would be a pretty fair deal for both sides by giving the Yankees one of the premier contact bats in the game while giving the Giants some promising young player who could develop into something down the road.

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