How the Yankees have solved their lineup overflow

Coming into the season, the Yankees had a bit of a pickle. After shifting Gleyber Torres off shortstop, re-signing Anthony Rizzo, and trading for Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa, the Yankees had five infielders for four positions, and 10 players for nine lineup spots. Add on the fact that Donaldson and Giancarlo Stanton need regular days as the designated hitter to keep them healthy, and the lineup became the sort of problem you would see on the qualitative reasoning section of a standardized test.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Yankees played their 30th game of the season, which means we finally have a somewhat-decent sample size to see how Aaron Boone and Co. have solved their nightly…