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If everyone is healthy who is the Yankees’ best player?

There was a point in time when Alex Rodriguez and Carlos Beltran were among the elite players in the entire sport, but their age and lack of mobility take them out of the running now.

There is a good bit of excitement about the potential in the young double play combo of Didi Gregorius and Starlin Castro, and they may be the most irreplaceable given the depth at those positions.

When I contacted a handful of baseball insiders and asked them the question, one voted for Gregorius, another voted for Brett Gardner, who showed his growth as a player during an All-Star-worthy first half in 2015.