NYY News: The Airbender Arrives

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Devin Williams makes his spring debut; Rice one of the leading candidates to capitalize on early injury bug; Verdugo still hopeful to find team for 2025 MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: One of the Yankees newest teammates made his spring debut on Tuesday, as Devin Williams worked through a clean fourth inning.

The Airbender got to show off his signature pitch for the first time in pinstripes, and picked up a strikeout in the process.

Now that he and Max Fried have both appeared in spring games, all of the major offseason acquisitions have gotten to take the field.FanGraphs | Jay Jaffe: The Yankees have taken some significant blows to their roster already in spring, losing both Giancarlo Stanton and Luis Gil for the opening of the year and likely a few months.

Theres a number of candidates who could step up in their place, including a big chance for Ben Rice to reemerge after he burst onto the scene with his three-homer game last year before fading due to an inconsistent ability to make contact.NY Post | Matt Ehalt: Alex Verdugo was the Yankees full-time left fielder throughout most of 2024 and the entire postseason run, but has missed out on making a roster for this season up to this point.

Hes still hopeful to make one, however, and posted a highlight reel to his Instagram heavily featuring his Yankees play, with the caption In due time.

Whether he does succeed in finding a new uniform to don or not, its still a bit of an indictment to the team that they trotted him out as much as they did for a team playing for the World Series only to see no one else take much interest..

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