Brett Gardner blasts a home run from No. 3 hole in Yankees’ win
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Before the 2014 season, the Yankees signed free-agent center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury to a seven-year deal for $153 million, which meant Brett Gardner was being shifted to left field and out of the leadoff spot. Before the 2016 season, the Yankees acquired Aaron Hicks from the Twins for John Ryan Murphy and projected him as...