You know what Ben Rice is going to do when Giancarlo Stanton returns from the IL — play, and play a lot.

If you are a Yankees fan and how much Rice is going to play is what is concerning you right now, then, really, stop. Guys who hit, play. Period. That has been a rule in baseball for a hundred-plus years and it certainly is now when offense is still difficult to generate.

This reminds me somewhat of the spring non-story when Marcus Stroman defiantly stated he was a starter and how that gave the Yankees six veterans for five slots. There was fretting about how this would be navigated. But, of course, Aaron Boone never had to do the six-into-five math.

Most issues inside the game rectify themselves, often by injury and/or underperformance.