Infielder-turned-reliever Fernando Cruz highlights a night of defensive gems for the Yankees
First there was sprinting left fielder Cody Bellinger, followed immediately by diving center fielder Trent Grisham and not too long after that leaping shortstop José Caballero. All three Yankees might have been outdone by sliding reliever Fernando Cruz, who likes to remind his New York teammates he was drafted as an infielder. Cruz's defensive gem in a game full of them for the Yankees might get the most attention, after the right-hander cut off Joc Pederson's attempted sacrifice bunt between the mound and third base with two on and nobody out in the eighth inning of New York's 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.
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