Yesterday another Yankees free agent signed elsewhere. Austin Romine signed with the Tigers on a one-year deal to presumably be their starting catcher.
Romine was a solid backup catcher for the Yankees over eight seasons, especially the last two when he posted a 95 OPS+ over 505 plate appearances. In that time Romine gained some diehard fans – I called them Austin Romine Truthers (or Austin Rominites). These were the people that wanted him to start over Gary Sanchez because, when Sanchez was on the IL, Romine filled in admirably. But this blog is not about Sanchez vs Romine, because A) I’ve argued that enough, and B) I think it’s a ridiculous argument.