Miguel Andujar’s bat has put him in position to be the AL Rookie of the Year, but his climbing error total can’t be ignored.
The neophyte third baseman committed a throwing error and a fielding error in Sunday’s 7-2 win over the Rangers. Luckily for the Yankees, the only damage was that the mistakes boosted CC Sabathia’s pitch count.
Andujar threw away Adrian Beltre’s grounder leading off the second inning. In the sixth, he backed up to field Elvis Andrus’ grounder and botched it. First baseman Luke Voit picked Andujar’s throw out of the dirt for the final out of the sixth or else Andujar would have been charged with a third error.