
Yankees shouldn’t wait to try Giancarlo Stanton in the outfield: Sherman
NY Post
Major League Baseball’s biggest story of the first half and the All-Star break was Shohei Ohtani. And that story begins with a new Angels front office lifting restrictions on the righty-pitching, lefty-hitting sensation.
They wanted the question answered on exactly what they had. Pitcher? Hitter? Both? Neither? The only way to learn was to remove the handcuffs. Ohtani had incurred injuries in his first three major league seasons, even with multiple tethers. Overprotecting him was not working. So the Angels let a colt run. The results have been spectacular. For the Yankees, this should be informative.More Related News

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