Baseball never ceases to amaze. Six months ago, if someone had told me that the Yankees would soon trade for a player coming off a four year stretch wherein he accumulated a grand total of 1.0 fWAR, I would have been very confused. If someone had told me that the Yankees would trade actual prospects for this player to facilitate no luxury tax hit, I would have been … irked.
If someone had told me this player would play a prominent role in the Yankees lineup, including batting third in the order on occasion, I would have been horrified and extremely worried about what happened to the rest of the team.