Looking over the annual crop of non-roster invitees (NRI) is a spring training tradition. Each team signs dozens of guys to non-guaranteed minor league contracts with the hopes that they prove there’s still something in the tank; if there’s not, they can easily cut bait.
Peter looked at the Yankees’ list of NRI pitchers last week, and now that the Yankees’ list is officially out, it’s time to do the same for the team’s group of NRI position players.
Jay Bruce
Bruce is the biggest NRI in camp, figuratively and literally. The hulking slugger has long been a thorn in the Yankees’ side, from the time the Mets refused to trade him to the Yankees to when he was almost single-handedly responsible for Cleveland’s near-defeat of New York in the 2017 ALDS.