Having the likes Greg Bird and occasionally Gary Sanchez as options off the bench is a welcome luxury for the New York Yankees. But those 18 home runs and 53 RBI's Sanchez tallied in just 89 MLB games last year could certainly have been used in Tuesday night's loss to the Detroit Tigers. However, in the ninth inning, manager Aaron Boone elected to keep both Sanchez and Bird on the bench, allowing newcomer Mike Tauchman to bat for himself in a game his team trailed 3-1. The rationale the...
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