The New York Yankees have played 49 games, and they have had to go through their fair share of troubles. They sit in third place in the American League, six games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for the lead and three games behind the Baltimore Orioles. However, they once sat in last place after injuries and offensive struggles ran through the lineup like a virus.
Yet there was one player who was consistent through all of the lows, and that was Anthony Rizzo. After opting out of his contract and hitting the free agent market, the Yankees decided to re-sign the four-time Gold Glover instead of pursuing other options, though the first base free agent market wasn’t all that lucrative.