Among the quirks of the 2020 season, every major-league team will face two rounds of cuts to their active rosters. Two weeks after teams played their first game, their active roster will shrink from 30 to 28 players. With a few extra days off, the Yankees did not get the use out of their extra players that they likely expected. Let’s take a look at the performances and circumstances that could have some Yankees headed to the alternate training site in Scranton or onto the waiver wire.
The Yankees surprised some fan by carrying a heavy mix of position players out of the gate.