Trent Grishams hot start means three worthy outfielders for two spots

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.BALTIMORE — Cody Bellinger enjoyed a get-right game on Tuesday night to further build on an encouraging week and was rewarded on Wednesday with … a day off.The Orioles sending lefty Cade Povich to the mound had something to do with that, but it is also the conundrum the Yankees are facing on a daily basis as they rotate four outfielders for three spots — or, really, three outfielders for two spots because Aaron Judge is not going anywhere unless it is the occasional DH day.Aaron Boone considers this a good problem to have because it has largely been necessitated by Trent Grisham’s resurgent start to the season that has forced his bat into the lineup on a regular basis.

It means that on most nights, one of Bellinger, Grisham or Jasson Domínguez is going to be out of the lineup.“We have a lot of deserving people to play,” Boone said Wednesday at Camden Yards before wrapping up a series against the Orioles with a 5-4 loss.“So I have a guy [sitting] usually every day that I’d rather have in the lineup.

But it also gives us a chance to keep guys fresh, keep guys playing a lot.“Just feel like this’ll hopefully be a good thing in the long haul for all of us.”The daily decision is more difficult when the Yankees are facing a right-handed starter, as the switch-hitting Domínguez is better from the left side and both Grisham and Bellinger hit left-handed.And the puzzle may get even more complicated whenever Giancarlo Stanton returns from the injured list, especially if Ben Rice is still crushing the ball — therefore taking away even more DH at-bats from one of the outfielders — but that is not imminent.Entering Wednesday, Bellinger and Domínguez had each started 25 games while Grisham had started 17, but seven of the past eight when he was not on the paternity list.His importance to the lineup has taken o...