I’m a finance guy in real life. Most of my job involves assessing the risk of a client or prospect looking for investment, and comparing that against the risk appetite my company tolerates. Naturally, assessing risk has become the lens through which I view baseball too.
This leads me to DJ LeMahieu. He has stabilized the Yankees’ batting order and infield defense, with a sterling glove and a solid 116 wRC+ season. Perhaps most importantly, LeMahieu has played in 30 of the team’s 35 games, giving the Yankees a reliable cog in the lineup while they weather the barrage of injuries.