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Reds finally unlocked the Miguel Andújar answer the Yankees could never manage

The 2018 New York Yankees were weird. Weird in almost every way. Coming off a magical 2017 campaign that ended inches from a World Series berth, they fired their manager (weird) and hired a replacement with no dugout experience. They traded for megastar Giancarlo Stanton, but watched their chief rival somehow (yes..."somehow"...) become unstoppable by hiring Alex Cora and bringing in equivalent-but-should-be-worse offensive star JD Martinez. They got spurned by Shohei Ohtani in the offseason, promoted top rookie Gleyber Torres mid-year, and still almost had the Rookie of the Year in ... third baseman Miguel Andújar, whose fielding was a circus, but whose helicopter bat paid the bills (except at Fenway, where the glove really kicked the Yankees in the groin).