With the emergence of Gio Urshela last year, Miguel Andujar became somewhat of an afterthought as he recovered from season ending shoulder surgery. Andujar came into spring training back in March fully healthy, but the third base job was Urshela’s to lose.
In an effort to get his bat in the lineup more frequently, the Yankees had Andujar take some reps in the outfield in spring training.
Since then, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge and Aaron Hicks have all gotten healthy. Add in Mike Tauchman and Brett Gardner, and it’s increasingly hard to see where Andujar fits in.