Fansided · Aug 8, 2018
Yankees bench has suddenly become a weakness
Just a couple weeks ago the Yankees had one of the best benches in baseball thanks to the abundance of depth they had throughout their organization. However, following the injuries to Gary Sanchez and Aaron Judge and the moves made before last week’s trade deadline the bench has suddenly become a weak spot.
If you were told in June that come August the Yankees bench would feature names like Shane Robinson, Luke Voit and Kyle Higashioka it would be very hard to believe. For most of the first half, their bench was too crowded and big league caliber players like Brandon Drury, Ronald Torreyes, and Clint Frazier were relegated to Triple-A because there wasn’t enough room on the 25-man roster.