All offseason long I sat here saying “I can’t see the Yankees going into 2018 with two rookie infielders.” Just didn’t seem like a thing the Yankees would do. And yet, the days kept ticking away, and eventually the Yankees went into Spring Training with two rookies penciled into the infield. Some combination of Miguel Andujar, Gleyber Torres, and Tyler Wade were poised to play second and third bases.
That changed on February 20th. Two days after position players reported to Spring Training, the Yanks traded for Brandon Drury to play third base. Three weeks after that, they signed Neil Walker to play second.