It’s fitting that it’s March. Luke Voit’s career in New York began like a lion, and it ended like a lamb, as the once-all-world first baseman was dealt today to the San Diego Padres. Justin Lange, a hard-throwing righty in Low-A, is coming the other way.
Voit became the odd man out when the Yankees decided to bring back Anthony Rizzo on a two-year deal earlier this week. A prodigious hitter whose knees are a significant concern — not just this season but probably for the rest of his career — Voit just couldn’t bring everything together the way he did in the last month of the 2018 season, or the pandemic-shortened 2020.