Earlier this week bad weather denied us a chance to see DJ LeMahieu play a position other than second base for the first time since 2014. He was slated to play third base in Tuesday’s rained out game. The Yankees signed LeMahieu, a career second baseman, with the intention of turning him into a super utility infielder. “I was told to bring a lot of gloves,” he joked during his introductory conference call.
The 30-year-old LeMahieu is a three-time Gold Glover who leads all second basemen with +29 DRS the last three seasons. Signing him and putting him at second full-time with Gleyber Torres sliding over to shortstop would’ve been the easiest and most straightforward move, but the Yankees will instead move LeMahieu around.