NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Brett Gardner #11 and Clint Frazier #77 of the New York Yankees in action against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Yankee Stadium on September 19, 2019 in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Angels 9-1 to clinch the American League East division. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Brett Gardner is a good, solid baseball player, one the Yankees certainly should’ve brought back for a minuscule salary for one more go ’round.
We knew the second the contract was signed, though, that we’d eventually grow frustrated with the deprioritizing of Clint Frazier in Gardner’s favor at some point during this campaign.