Over the past few seasons we’ve seen a lot of the Yankees’ bench players. A combination of historic IL days and an org-wide focus on rest/load management means there are plenty of PAs that go to guys outside the regular starting nine. Some of those players have sparkled in their backup roles, and some are Tyler Wade.
The Yankees made a depth move yesterday signing Jay Bruce to a minor league deal with incentives should he make the major league roster. With Depth Charts projecting a .762 OPS for Bruce, he fits solidly in the upper-tier of bench players on the club, expected to be exactly as good as Miguel Andújar.