Luke Voit knows there are still plenty of skeptics who believe he’s the Yankees’ next version of Kevin Maas or Shane Spencer, and expect him to crash to Earth after his stunning emergence in the latter part of last season.
That’s when Voit — who had played in just 70 games in the majors before the Yankees acquired him, and international signing pool money, from St. Louis in exchange for lefty Chasen Shreve and Giovanny Gallegos in July — became one of the most productive hitters in an already strong lineup.