FEBRUARY 12, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
YANKEES RE-SIGN INF PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT
The New York Yankees today announced that they have re-signed seven-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove Award winner and the 2022 National League Most Valuable Player INF Paul Goldschmidt to a one-year Major League contract.
Goldschmidt, 38, hit .274/.328/.403 (134-for-489) with 76R, 31 doubles, 1 triple, 10HR, 45RBI, 36BB, 4HP, 2SF and 5SB in 146 games with the Yankees in 2025. He batted .336/.411/.570 (50-for-149) with 14 doubles, 7HR, 17BB/5IBB and 2HP vs. left-handed pitching last season, ranking fourth among Major League batters in OPS (.981, fourth in AL), and seventh in BA (fourth in AL), OBP (sixth in AL) and SLG (fifth in AL). He also hit .312/.389/.394 (34-for-109) with 6 doubles, 1HR, 34RBI, 14BB, 1HP and 2SF with runners in scoring position.
In 15 Major League seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2011-18), St. Louis Cardinals (2019-24) and Yankees (2025), Goldschmidt has batted .288/.378/.504 (2,190-for-7,608) with 1,280R, 477 doubles, 24 triples, 372HR, 1,232RBI, 1,086BB and 174SB in 2,074 career games. He has made the postseason seven times (2011, ’17, ’19-22 and ‘25), batting .277/.354/.564 (28-for-101) with 14R, 5 doubles, 8HR, 16RBI, 9BB and 1SB in 29 playoff games.
Since his first full Major League season in 2012, Goldschmidt leads the Majors in go-ahead RBI (317) and games played (2,026), ranks second in runs batted in (1,206), runs scored (1,252), total bases (3,757), times on base (3,270), doubles (468) and extra-base hits (855), third in hits (2,151), walks (1,066) and game-winning RBI (145), fourth in intentional walks (121), fifth in home runs (364), eighth in on-base percentage (.379) and ninth in WAR among position players (56.7, FanGraphs) and OPS (.883).
He has appeared in at least 145 games in each of the last 10 non-shortened seasons (2015-19, ’21-25) and in 12 of his last 13 non-shortened seasons (2012-13, ’15-19 and ’21-25), the most by any Major League player during both of those spans.
The seven-time All-Star (2013-18 and ’22) has hit at least 20 home runs 11 times in his career (2012-13, ’15-19 and ’21-24), tied with Bryce Harper and Freddie Freeman for the second-most 20-home run seasons since 2012, trailing only Giancarlo Stanton (12). Goldschmidt’s seven 30-homer seasons (2013, ’15, ’17-19 and ’21-22) since 2013 are tied for the most in the Majors over that span. His 372 career home runs are the third-most among active players, trailing only Stanton (453HR) and Mike Trout (404HR).
In his career, Goldschmidt has hit .324/.422/.584 (580-for-1,792) with 125 doubles, 9 triples, 108HR and 306BB vs. left-handed pitchers. Among all Major League players since 1974 with at least 750 career plate appearances against left-handed pitching, Goldschmidt ranks seventh in OPS (1.007), eighth in on-base percentage and ninth in slugging percentage.
He has also hit .296/.420/.500 (530-for-1,788) with 109 doubles, 9 triples, 79HR, 794RBI, 407BB and 57SF with runners in scoring position in his career.
Goldschmidt has finished in the top-three in National League MVP voting four times and in the top-10 six times (first in 2022, second in 2013 and 2015, third in 2017, and sixth in 2018 and 2021), winning the award in 2022 after batting .317/.404/.578 (178-for-561) with 106R, 41 doubles, 35HR, 115RBI and 79BB in 151 games with the Cardinals. He has also been named the National League Hank Aaron Award winner twice (2013, ’22) and his five Silver Slugger Awards at first base (2013, ‘15, ’17-18 and ‘22) are the most by a first baseman since the award’s inception in 1980. Goldschmidt also earned All-MLB First Team honors in 2022.
The four-time Gold Glove Award winner (2013, ’15, ’17 and ’21) has posted a career .997 fielding percentage (59E/17,717TC) in 1,984 career games at first base, the highest fielding percentage among Major League first basemen since 2011 (min. 750 games).
Goldschmidt will play for Team USA for the third time in his career during this year’s World Baseball Classic. He won the Gold Medal in 2017 and the Silver Medal in 2023.
The Wilmington, Del., native was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the eighth round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of Texas State University. He was acquired by the Cardinals from the Diamondbacks in exchange for C Carson Kelly, RHP Luke Weaver, INF Andy Young and a 2019 competitive balance draft pick on December 5, 2018. He originally signed with the Yankees on December 30, 2024.
To make room on the 40-man roster, the Yankees have placed RHP Clarke Schmidt on the 60-day injured list.
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