PT TOMORROW: AL East — Florial may bloom soon in NYY, but is he a budding star?

New York Yankees

Suddenly, being a Yankees outfielder is akin to being a “Spinal Tap” drummer. To wit, blink and you might have missed the appearance on the roster of Ryan LaMarre (OF, NYY), who was felled not by "spontaneous human combustion" but by a hamstring strain in his third game for the Yankees May 19.

Lamarre thus joined Aaron Hicks (OF, NYY) and Giancarlo Stanton (DH, NYY) on the injured list, though the Yankees are expecting Stanton back when he is first eligible on May 25.

As noted in Playing Time Today, one of the consequences of the carnage has been that Tyler Wade (2B, NYY) has been seeing some time in right field. Even though he has been caught on both of his stolen base attempts this season, Wade has a history of...

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