NEW YORK -- It had been roughly one-third of a big-league baseball season since Chase Headley's last home run, and his inability to hit for power, or much of anything for that matter, has been a topic of much heated discussion around the New York Yankees this season. In his first 90 at-bats of the 2016 season, Headley, who is signed through 2018 at $13 million a year, had all of 16 hits, and all 16 were singles. Thus, his batting average entering Thursday night's game was the same as his slugging percentage, and both were meager: .
Chase Headley's (!) HR helps Yankees beat Royals 7-3
