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Yankees can’t afford to make DJ LeMahieu a bench player

So many of them come to New York and the stage is too big for them, the lights too bright. Their knees knock and their legs turn to jelly.

And then there’s DJ LeMahieu.

Another one making Yankees general manager Brian Cashman look like a genius.

The most unheralded former batting champion you will ever meet.

Who seems born for the Yankee Way … the businessman who plays to win.

“He’s out there to rip your heart out,” Aaron Boone said after the Yankees’ 4-1 win over the Red Sox.

The Yankees’ Quiet Assassin.