PT TOMORROW: AL East—Road back to NYY may go through 1B for Drury

New York Yankees

Free Brandon Drury (3B, NYY)? There may soon be a path to do just that.

Drury, who initially hit the disabled list in early April with blurred vision and severe migraines, has since had to watch helplessly as Miguel Andujar (3B, NYY) seized control of the Yankees third base job. Since returning to action, Drury has been tearing apart Triple-A pitching (.920 OPS in 189 PA) and is expected to soon begin playing some first base—a position at which he has one career appearance in 2016—as a means to expedite the end of his exile.

The position switch would seem to represent writing on the wall for Neil Walker (1B, NYY), from whom the Yankees have gotten little production this season. A 114 xPX suggests that the 32-year-old...

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