Ken Davidoff (NY POST) Article on Refsnyder could help shed some light on the Yankees' thought process going with Drew and choosing to give Refsnyder some more work at 2b in the minors. He did commit 6 errors at 2b/ST. Some quotes from both Refsnyder and Drew. Here is the the last half of the article: The South Korea native has played 230 professional games at second base and, in his estimation, “two” games at second base, ever, before the Yankees popped him from the University of Arizona. That’s a total of approximately 232 games at the keystone. “I think they did the math,” Refsnyder said, referring to Yankees officials. “The average major leaguer plays 300-plus games in the minor leagues, plus they’ve played the infield their whole life.” If the Yankees had gone with Refsnyder and the now-injured Jose Pirela at second base, as was their winter plan for a couple of days or so, then you probably would be feeling a combination of excitement and anxiety over Refsnyder’s immediate future. He sure looks like he is ready offensively, as he owns a career minor league slash line of .297/.389./.444. And he sure looks like there’s more work to be done with the glove. “I really didn’t feel great offensively all spring,” Refsnyder said. “Defensively, I was trying to get into a rhythm. It was a good experience. I learned a lot. I definitely grew.” Instead, the Yankees spent $5 million to secure Drew, whose hitting the past couple of weeks has allayed fears his gruesome 2014 (.162/.237/.299) portended a trend rather than an aberration. After contributing a pair of singles in three at-bats Thursday, Drew’s spring-training slash line is up to .260/.315/.440. “Last year was hard to explain to you guys. I could sit here and go two hours with you,” Drew told reporters. Getting a full spring training, he said, has made a huge difference after he didn’t resolve his free agency until last May. If Drew turns back into a pumpkin, or if there’s an injury somewhere, then by all means call up Refsnyder and let him fly like a peacock, just like Mark Wahlberg in “The Other Guys.” For now, though, give the young man his reps at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. “He just has to get games under his belt,” Cashman said. “How do you drop a guy in at second base, in New York?” You don’t, unless you’re desperate. Though the Yankees might encounter desperation sooner than later in this 2015 season, they aren’t there yet.
