The New York Yankees are slowly getting soldiers back in their lineup. Harrison Bader and Aaron Judge are back with the team, and Josh Donaldson and Giancarlo Stanton should follow relatively soon. However, their offense is still inconsistent and prone to long stretches of mediocrity.
That means the Yankees will often try to catch lightning in a bottle by giving playing time to reclamation projects. They did it with Franchy Cordero and Willie Calhoun, and they are now, to a lesser extent, doing the same with Jake Bauers.
What do the Yankees have in Bauers, now that he has been up for a few days and has a .