Projecting the 2017 New York Yankees Opening Day roster
ESNY’s Projected Bench:
- Rob Refsnyder – UTL
- Ronald Torreyes – INF
- Tyler Austin – 1B/OF
- Austin Romine – C
The idea of a bench, especially for the young Yankees’ team, is flexibility.
Refsnyder, Torreyes and Austin are all competent of playing three or more positions while Romine, if he doesn’t lose the second catcher’s position to Kyle Higashioka, gives Sanchez the ability to spend one or two games a week as the DH. [sc name=”Fanly Small” ]
These jobs, however, have a greater possibility of change during spring training.
Mason Williams has been promising — .292/.320/.438 in 20 major league games — and depending on health, he could produce some speed and a sufficient center fielder off the bench.
He and others listed above will probably battle for the 25th roster spot, so don’t be astonished if some of those names are shuffled around from now to April 2.
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Christian Kouroupakis covers the New York Yankees and is the Editorial Director for ESNY. Interact with him and view his daily work by “liking” his facebook page and follow him on Twitter. All statistics are courtesy of Baseball Reference.com unless otherwise noted. Don’t hesitate to shoot him an email with any questions, criticisms, or concerns.
