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This year's most unlikely Yankee was faced with heartbreaking choice

NEW YORK -- The most unlikely Yankee of 2017 won't hit a game-winning home run or make a crucial error. He won't even appear in a box score, though he'll play a role in every game.

Radley Haddad dreamed of getting behind the plate in the Bronx when he signed as a non-drafted free agent out of Butler University in 2013. He just didn't think the first time it would happen as the Yankees' new bullpen catcher.

"It happened quick," he said before Wednesday's 8-4 win over the Rays at Yankee Stadium. "It's been a whirlwind.