NJ.com · Feb 24, 2017
Why Yankees think Didi Gregorius' new power isn't a fluke
TAMPA -- Didi Gregorius has been here longer than most Yankees position players. The shortstop showed up about a week early to spring training, swinging and taking grounders at the team's training complex while pitchers and catchers started formal workouts.
"I'm ready to swing at the first pitch," Gregorius told teammates leading up to Friday's 9-4 win over the Phillies at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
He did. And the mighty cut gave weight to manager Joe Girardi's theory that Gregorius' newfound power was no fluke.