CASHMAN BUILT A TRAFFIC JAM. NOW GARCÍA NEEDS A GLOVE.

 

The Yankees need somewhere to put Luis García Jr. So naturally, they’re revisiting a position where his defense was already a problem.

García will get second-base work in winter ball, according to the New York Post. Apparently, this roster comes with assembly required.

Ben Rice needs to play. Giancarlo Stanton occupies the DH picture. Aaron Judge needs more time there. García needs at-bats. Brian Cashman assembled the pieces, and now he’s searching for somewhere to put them.

How does a front office get this far without a convincing answer?

Sure, give García a winter audition. But if the defense is lousy, accept the answer. Don’t spend March explaining why the bat makes it acceptable and July wondering why the pitching staff needs extra outs.

This isn’t García’s mess. He deserves a role he can handle.

Cashman deserves scrutiny for constructing a roster that needs another defensive experiment to make the lineup fit.

The stupidity is having all these resources and still needing winter ball to help figure out who belongs where.

Build a complete baseball team. Fans have waited long enough.