MOOSIC, Pa. — The hotter the Yankees get, the more the Baby Bombers astound, the further the displaced move from relevance.
Brandon Drury, whom the Yankees acquired to be the team’s third baseman, is biding his time 130 miles from The Bronx. He’s hitting well with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, which doesn’t appear to be consolation for the 25-year-old.
“I wasn’t happy about it,” Drury said quietly this weekend, recalling May 14, the moment he was informed he was being optioned to the minors, the Yankees formally deciding Miguel Andujar was their third baseman. “Doing what I can right now so when I go back up I’m a better player.