On December 12, 2016, the New York Yankees signed former Mets’ shortstop Ruben Tejada on a minor league deal for basically two reasons: minor league depth and a hope to capture what the 27-year-old once produced in Queens.
While the journeyman infielder’s legacy involves a gruesome broken leg in the 2015 postseason and he missed out on his chance to earn a spot in the Bronx, Tejada is proving that perhaps his new organization caught lightening in the bottle.
Through the first 13 games of Tejada’s stint in Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, he owns a slash line of .