Andujar Secures Another Rookie Of The Month Award For Yanks

In the recent years leading up to this season, General Manager Brian Cashman and the rest of the front office have put a major emphasis on strengthening the farm system by acquiring quality young talent. This strategy was adopted so that the Yankees would eventually be able to build a competitive team from within, and that is exactly what is happening. Players like Judge, Sanchez and Severino set the bar high for Yankee rookies based on their contributions early on in their careers.

Now it is Miguel Andujar and Gleyber Torres' turn and they are providing fire power in the order and playing stellar defense in the field which is leading to Yankee wins. Torres took home the AL rookie of the month award in May and Andujar just secured the award for the month of June. Andujar and Torres will be competing with each other for the rookie of the year award at the end of the year if their seasons continue like this.

Andujar joined the team first this year when he took over third base duties for the injured Brandon Drury and he hasn't looked back. Miguel always looks calm and comfortable in his uniform as he plays the hot-corner like a natural and is an extra base hit machine with a great presence in the clubhouse. He keeps the barrel of the bat through the strike zone as long as any player in the league while also having some pop off of his bat, resulting in 37 of his 77 at-bats this year being extra base hits. Andujar is showing no signs of slowing up in his journey to improve his craft and he is just one of the many young Yankees that give this team and their fans a lot of hope for the present and future.