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Thoughts on the Yankees Heading Into 2020: Vol. 2

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A spring without baseball. It's as strange as it sounds. But in these surreal times, the rash of injuries the Yankees are dealing with suddenly seems very unimportant. Hope you're all as happy and healthy as you can be. In the meantime, here's some more food for thought on the 2020 Yankees, if we ever get to see them in action. State of the Infield A year ago, Greg Bird, Miguel Andujar, and Didi Gregorius were looked at to be major contributors across the Yankee infield in their quest for another championship. Unfortunately, injuries took their toll on all three. Only Gregorius was able to take the field with any consistency, but his bat was not up to par. The good news was that the Yankee infield was still extremely productive thanks to some pleasant surprises. Here's how it shook out. Yankees 2019 Infield - WAR by Player Player Games Played WAR Position DJ LeMahieu 145 6.0 2B/3B/1B Gleyber Torres 144 3.9 SS/2B Gio Urshela 132 3.4 3B Luke Voit 118 1.9 1B