TAMPA — At this time last February, Brandon Drury had recently been acquired from the Diamondbacks to play third base and make a minor league third baseman out of Miguel Andujar.
Ever since the end of last year’s World Series, the Yankees were linked to free agent Manny Machado. If he had signed with the Yankees, Andujar would have been traded, shifted to first base or optioned to the minors.
Well, Andujar took over for Drury early in 2018 when the latter faced concussion issues and played well enough that Drury was eventually dealt to the Blue Jays for J.