2016 Yankees Roster Report Card: Rob Refsnyder

Grade: B+

Statistics: 58 G, .250/.328/.309, 0 HR, 12 RBI (MLB)

54 G, .316/.365/.402, 2 HR, 20 RBI (AAA)

2017 Roster Status: On the 40-man roster, under team control

For the last few years, Rob Refsnyder’s name has been firmly planted on the tip of most Yankees’ fans tongues. Ever since he was drafted, Refsnyder has just straight up hit in every assignment he was given. In 2014, when the Yankees were desperate for offense, Refsnyder’s name kept popping up in “call up the kids!” rants. Unfortunately, his defensive inabilities at second base kept the Yankees from calling him up.

2015 came, and again he was pretty much buried behind the annoyance that was Stephen Drew. While Drew was offensively…