At 35-years-old and one year out of baseball, it is hard to imagine Jacoby Ellsbury making this stacked Yankees 25-man roster. There are some signings that don’t pan out. For the Yanks, that contract belongs to Ellsbury.
The former MVP runner-up was a dynamic, impact player for rival Red Sox but he’s come nowhere close to such production in New York. After missing all of last season with a torn labrum in his left hip, Ellsbury is all but broken parts now. Therefore, it’s better for both parties to go their separate ways.