The Yankees should bring back Didi Gregorius. He’s a locker room leader and you can probably blame his struggles last year on a combination of Tommy John surgery and missing a chunk of the season. Baseball is a sport of repetitions, and consistent reps starting in Spring Training is something Didi did not have in 2019.
Think of what missing time did for a guy like Craig Kimbrel. Coming into the season Kimbrel had a career 1.91 ERA, 1.96 FIP and a .920 WHIP. He entered Wrigley halfway through the year and was a disaster. He sported a 6.