I wanted to be the one to write the DJ LeMahieu free agent target post largely because I was very, very wrong about him when the Yankees signed him ahead of the 2019 season. I didn’t really get the appeal of LeMahieu in a starting role, and figured that maybe he’d fit in as a bench piece. Yeah, about that....
All LeMahieu’s done since coming to the Bronx is crush opposing pitching to the tune of a 145 OPS+, finish fourth and third in AL MVP voting, and play in 88 percent of the team’s possible games, which is a crucial and valuable thing on a Yankee team perennially ravaged by injury.