We won't get to see Nick Swisher in pinstripes this year, but we can still appreciate the player that he once was.
Yesterday, Nick Swisher reached the point in his Yankees minor league contract where he is allowed to opt out and elect free agency. It is unclear how soon he will do that, but one can imagine it will happen shortly. Swisher, 35, currently owns a .691 OPS at Triple-A with seven home runs over 46 games.
That’s bad enough, but that doesn't even take into account the parade of mediocrity that was allowed to grab a major league spot instead of him.