A setback for the injured Josh Donaldson created a third avenue for playing time with the Yankees for Oswald Peraza.
Oswald Peraza lost the spring-training battle to be the Yankees’ starting shortstop to Anthony Volpe, and Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu are blocking his path to the majors at second base.On Friday, the 22-year-old received his first start at third base, a position he had never played in a professional game.
Boone said Peraza, who has only played second base and shortstop since he signed in 2017, can use the same footwork that has made him an excellent defender up the middle at third.“I always feel like [third base is] probably the most difficult to play because the rate of some balls coming out to you,” Boone said. “[It] makes it harder to put yourself in position on certain plays.
It is probably a less difficult adjustment than Oswaldo Cabrera made last season, when the lifetime infielder was thrown into the outfield in the majors. Harrison Bader went 1-for-3 in five innings in his first game of a rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset. Severino will continue his rehab in Tampa, where he is set to throw another live session Sunday and one more next week.
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