There was very little harm in the New York Yankees signing recently released designated hitter Billy Butler to a major league contract Wednesday. The Oakland Athletics are still on the hook for the remainder of the three years $30 million contract he signed through 2017, so the Yankees could pick up Butler for the major league minimum.
With right fielder Aaron Judge likely out for the year with a Grade II strain in his right oblique, so the pickup of Butler theoretically makes sense to replace a little of the right-handed pop the team will lose from their lineup.