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Tyler Wade, Miguel Andujar, and the growing pains the Yanks have no choice but to endure right now

Nothing has come easy for the Yankees two weeks into the 2018 season. They’re dealing with injuries, Giancarlo Stanton and Gary Sanchez have mostly struggled, and the bullpen has been an unexpected weakness. That they’re 6-6 after 12 games even though it feels like everything is going wrong tells you this squad is pretty good. If these are the bad times, they’ll be a-okay over the long haul.

Among the things currently going wrong: Tyler Wade and Miguel Andujar. Injuries have forced the Yankees to give Wade and Andujar starting infield spots — Greg Bird’s injury pushed Neil Walker to first and Wade to second, Andujar is replacing Brandon Drury — and so far the two 23-year-olds have gone 6-for-55 (.