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New York Yankees’ Clint Frazier, now ‘off cloud nine,’ is ready to blossom

On Tuesday, the New York Yankees‘ Winter Warm-Up featured the highly touted Clint Frazier discussing the trade that sucked the 22-year old into the spotlight.

Frazier, who was acquired by New York on last year’s trade deadline, felt as though the anticipation of being worth an All-Star closer like Andrew Miller — the man Brian Cashman parted with — was a little too much.

“I went from trying to fill Clint Frazier’s shoes to trying to fill Andrew Miller’s shoes,” he told Brendan Kuty of NJ Advance Media. “And the guy did what he did because he’s one of the best pitchers in the game.