TAMPA — What do the Mets’ Jeff McNeil, the Rays’ Joey Wendle and Ryan Yarbrough, the Marlins’ Brian Anderson, the Diamondbacks’ Yoshihisa Hirano and the White Sox’s Daniel Palka have in common?
If you guessed they all received votes on last season’s Rookie of the Year ballots — 7 of the 11 players to do so — you would be correct.
If you guessed they all are older than Luis Severino, you also would be correct.
The 2019 Yankees’ hopes rest significantly on Severino, their likely Opening Day starter, who reported to camp looking for redemption from a second-half meltdown last year that culminated in an American League Division Series whupping at the hands of the rival Red Sox.