Even after the Yankees announced last offseason that Didi would undergo Tommy John surgery the expectation was still that he and the team would eventually agree to a long-term deal to keep him in pinstripes. Now here we are a little over a year later and the likelihood of that happening has definitely decreased after he had what he himself would describe as a down season.
Didi returned from the injury on June 7th and it felt like he was playing catch up the rest of the season. He finished the year with a .238 batting average, his worst as a Yankee and a career-worst .