If you’re headed to Yankees Spring Training in Tampa this year and hoping to get a glimpse of Didi Gregorius, you’ll want to get there sooner rather than later, as Gregorius will be joining his fellow Dutch teammates in representing the Netherlands in the WBC, beginning on March 6.
Gregorius, 26, is coming off a career year in 2016 where he hit .276/.304/.447 with 20 home runs and 70 RBI. Maybe the most important stat of all was that Didi hit a career-high .324 against left-handed pitching — up from his career .248 average.
A native of Curacao, Gregorius will be joined by Xander Bogaerts, Jonathan Schoop, Andrelton Simmons, and Jurickson Profar.