Since Mark Teixeira retired at the end of the 2016 season, the New York Yankees have tried — and failed — to find a long term first baseman. Despite a promising cup of coffee in 2015, Greg Bird was beset by injuries and was out of the picture completely after 2019. Luke Voit took the league by storm at the end of 2018, started strong in 2019, and led all of baseball in home runs in 2020, but struggled in the second half of 2019 and in 2021, before ultimately succumbing to injuries. Anthony Rizzo came over at the 2021 deadline, had a career resurgence through the 2022 season, then suffered a concussion and was never the same again. Scattered among these four players’ stints as the primary first baseman, a whopping 36 players have grabbed a first baseman’s mitt for the Yankees, with less-tha

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