Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, and the Yankees are getting ready for Opening Day in the Bronx against the San Francisco Giants. None of them care about what Andrew Benintendi has to say about signing with the Chicago White Sox instead of New York this past offseason. That doesn’t mean we can’t point and laugh at it, though.
The Yankees were actively pursuing the left fielder this winter before he signed with Chicago for five years and $75 million. While that left a question mark in that spot on the diamond for New York all winter, Brian Cashman clearly didn’t want to commit that much in a deal.