Former Yankee has fans dreaming of crazy solutions with cryptic position change tweet

The New York Yankees fulfilled their epic quest on Wednesday by bringing Cody Bellinger back to Mordor at the exact same cost they'd flirted with for weeks (plus $2.5 million to give Scott Boras some walkin' around money). That means their short-term outfield is filled with starters; Bellinger, Aaron Judge, and Trent Grisham give them one of the best units in the game for exactly one year, before Grisham walks again.

So, do they have an odd man out in Jasson Domínguez? Do they have a trade lined up? Some chicanery afoot? Or just another year of sitting around and waiting, installing him as an imperfect bench fit instead of adding a righty?

We likely won't know much about the Yankees' plans until the curtain rises on spring training in about a month, but after Freddy Peralta was dealt to the Mets, there doesn't seem to be an available trade target appealing enough to cost Domínguez until at least the summer.

That means it's prime season to get fans riled up with rampant speculation, which is exactly what Cameron Maybin did Thursday morning with ... this bait.

Yankees fans buzzing about a position change after cryptic tweet

Maybin's a former Yankee fan favorite from the 2019 roster who also had a brief post-career YES Network cameo. He was also on the Tigers broadcast team for a time (which ended with unseemly allegations), as well as MLB Network's desk in 2022. He played with a number of current MLB players. If his "info" is truly "inside," it could've come from anywhere; there's no immediate reason to assume it's Yankees-related.

Except ... yeah, his follow-up tweet in a reply to a Yankee fan really makes it clear he wants you to believe it's Yankee-related.

Alright, so ... an outfielder moving to the infield ... and we're definitely thinking Yankees, seeing as the phone was "bugged" enough that Judge was close.

Is there a pathway for Domínguez to move to the dirt? He wouldn't exactly serve as a great right-handed complement to Ben Rice, given his struggles from that side of the dish. Rice to catcher? Austin Wells to hell? How many positions are we shifting, exactly?

What else could it be? Is some right-handed bat taking reps at third base to match up with Ryan McMahon? Bellinger to first on a more permanent basis? Giancarlo Stanton to shortstop? JC Escarra to the bullpen?

Please, someone, give us something else to work with. This is enough to make people crazy, but not nearly enough to formulate an opinion on. Man, is it ever January.