DUNEDIN, FLORIDA - MARCH 21: Luke Voit #59 of the New York Yankees lays on the ground after diving for a ground ball during the second inning against the Toronto Blue Jays during a spring training game at TD Ballpark on March 21, 2021 in Dunedin, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
Good news: Jay Bruce has made the New York Yankees’ Opening Day roster!
Bad news: It’s because Luke Voit needs knee surgery.
Who saw that coming, other than every doom-saying Yankee fan on the planet?
Voit had knee issues crop up early in spring training — and we admonished him at the time for sprinting second-to-third on a fly ball to left despite having been scratched the previous day with soreness.