PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Luke Voit was drafted in the 22nd round of the 2013 draft by the St. Louis Cardinals and has been fighting from off the pace ever since.
When he made it to the big leagues briefly in 2017 with St. Louis, he had been converted from a catcher to a first baseman and found himself behind Matt Carpenter and Jose Martinez.
Dealt to the Yankees last summer, Voit’s right-handed bat turned Greg Bird into a bench player and produced a .333 average, 14 homers, 33 RBIs and a 1.094 OPS in 39 games.