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Yankees history: The best position players who pitched

Position players pitching has weirdly become a thing that’s happened a lot this season. The number of players to have done it this season is now up over 40.

The Yankees have not had to resort to it so far this year, and that’s probably a good thing. The teams that usually have to do it are either getting blown out, or have played in a long game where they essentially run out of pitchers. The Yankees have gotten blown out and played in long games this year, but none of the situations have quite been bad enough to have to use Neil Walker as a pitcher.