Justin Lange

2022 - 3 - 18

Padres acquire first baseman from Yankees for pitching prospect Justin Lange (unknown)

The Yankees have traded Voit to the San Diego Padres for pitching prospect Justin Lange, the team announced Friday. Voit was slated to start at first base in ...

Baseball America ranked Lange as the No. 16 prospect in the Padres system prior to the trade, calling him "a lottery ticket with a wide range of potential outcomes." San Diego selected him with the No. 34 pick in the 2020 draft and paid him a $2 million bonus. Last season Voit, 31, hit .239/.328/.437 with 11 home runs in 68 games around a series of knee injuries.

Post cover — Image courtesy of "New York Daily News"

Who is Justin Lange, pitcher Yankees got in Luke Voit deal? (New York Daily News)

The Yankees had to move Luke Voit after signing Anthony Rizzo. Everyone in baseball knew they were going to try and trade him, so it was just a matter of ...

Yankees trade Luke Voit to Padres for prospect Justin Lange (Pinstripe Alley)

With Anthony Rizzo in tow, the Yankees bid farewell to their old first baseman.

He seized an opportunity with Greg Bird on the shelf and quickly won his way into fans’ hearts with home run heroics. Considering that Voit seemed to have limited trade value as an injury-prone first baseman/designated hitter, Lange doesn’t seem to be too bad of a return. Given the accelerated nature of the strange post-lockout offseason/spring training hybrid, it felt like a trade could be coming at any moment — and Voit knew it, too.

Yankees acquire RHP Justin Lange from San Diego (MLB.com)

The New York Yankees today announced that they have acquired RHP Justin Lange from the San Diego Padres in exchange for INF Luke Voit.

Prior to signing with the Padres, he had committed to Dallas Baptist University. In 2019, he earned Perfect Game Honorable Mention and Underclassmen All-American honors. Voit, 31, has hit .267/.357/.510 (297-for-1,112) with 187R, 47 doubles, 2 triples, 73HR, 203RBI and 133BB in 351 career games over parts of five Major League seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals (2017-18) and the Yankees (2018-21). He hit .239 (51-for-213) with 26R, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 11HR, 35RBI and 21BB in 68 games last season. The Wildwood, Mo., native was originally selected by the Cardinals in the 22nd round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft out of Missouri State University.

Padres acquire Luke Voit from Yankees for pitching prospect Justin ... (MLB Daily Dish)

The Padres have acquired first baseman/DH Luke Voit from the Yankees in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Justin Lange, a first-round pick in 2020 ...

He was a real weapon at the plate over three-plus seasons in New York, though, hitting .271/.363/.520 with 68 homers. Voit, 31, was a late bloomer, and he didn’t fully break out until his hometown Cardinals traded him to the Yankees in late 2018. He was at his best during the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season, posting a .948 OPS and leading the majors with 22 home runs.

Yankees Trade Luke Voit to Padres for Pitching Prospect Justin Lange (Bleacher Report)

After the New York Yankees re-signed Anthony Rizzo as their first baseman, Luke Voit's tenure with the organization has come to an end. The Yankees.

He hit .239/.328/.437 with 11 homers and 35 RBI in 68 games last year. Hosmer hit .269/.337/.395 with 12 homers and 65 RBI in 151 games last season. Lange was the No. 34 overall pick by the Padres in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. He posted a 6.95 ERA with 29 strikeouts and 15 walks in 22 innings over nine starts in rookie ball last year. That left Voit, who is limited to first base or DH, as the odd man out. New York signed Rizzo to a two-year deal Thursday. He hit .249/.340/.428 in 49 games with the Yankees after being acquired from the Chicago Cubs prior to the trade deadline.