The loss of Didi Gregorius for part — if not all — of 2019 is just the latest question to be raised about the Yankees’ infield.
Where once they seemed set not only at shortstop, but also at the other three positions, there are now potential holes to fill.
Instead of Greg Bird at first base for the foreseeable future, the Yankees can no longer count on the 25-year-old to be an everyday player, let alone a fixture in the middle of the lineup.
During Friday’s year-end press conference at Yankee Stadium, Aaron Boone called 2018 “a little bit of a lost season for” Bird, who played in just 82 games, finished with an OPS of .