Fansided · Jan 18, 2019
Yankees: D.J. LeMahieu isn’t necessarily a utility player
Recent signing, D.J. LeMahieu, has started all but 24 games in his eight-year career at second base. So why do the Yankees think he’ll be an uber-utility player when he’s never before been?
Since making his major league debut in 2011 for the Chicago Cubs, new Yankees signing, D.J. LeMahieu, has played a total of 941 games, or 7772 innings.
Breaking it down by position, the two-time All-Star has manned his customary second base for 892 of those contests (7460 innings).
That leaves just 262 innings played at other spots around the diamond: 245 innings at third base, 13 innings at first base and four at shortstop.