TAMPA -- Adam Lind's first day in a Yankees uniform began with a morning assignment to head out to Steinbrenner Field and try his luck hitting ace Luis Severino and fellow veteran starter Sonny Gray in a sim game.
This was kind of like throwing a guy to the wolves because Saturday was the first day of spring training for Lind, a veteran left baseman who mysteriously had to settle for a minor-league contract despite coming off a good season as a part-time player for the 2017 Washington Nationals.
While other Yankees headed South on I-75 for a spring game in Fort Myers against the Red Sox, Lind was one of the stay-behinds along with the likes of Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.