NEW YORK (AP) — DJ LeMahieu is putting away his mittens and packing more mitts

.A star second baseman for Colorado http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-dustin-pedroia-jersey , LeMahieu is set to join a crowded New York Yankees infield.“I was told to bring a lot of gloves,” he said Wednesday on a conference call.That’s fine with LeMahieu, who became a free agent after the season and got a $24 million, two-year contract with the Yankees.LeMahieu was a three-time Gold Glover for the Rockies and hasn’t played anywhere else the last four seasons. He has made 24 starts at third base in past years and also dabbled at first base and shortstop.LeMahieu said he’s “pretty comfortable playing multiple positions.”New York has plenty of infielders — and, the Yankees being the Yankees, no one is willing to completely rule them out of making a late play for All-Star free agent Manny Machado.Second baseman Gleyber Torres and third baseman Miguel Andujar were among the top rookies in the majors last year. Shortstop Didi Gregorius could return this summer after offseason Tommy John surgery.Plus, the Yankees recently added longtime star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki. He didn’t play last season while recovering from surgery on both heels — LeMahieu recently talked to his former Rockies double-play partner and said “he’s ready to roll.”Greg Bird and Luke Voit mostly split first base for the Yankees last season. LeMahieu is aware he could see time there, too.“Kind of see how it unfolds,” he said.The 30-year-old LeMahieu was a two-time All-Star during seven seasons with Colorado and led the majors with a .348 batting average in 2016. He hit .310 in 2017 and dipped to .276 last season.LeMahieu had a career-high 15 home runs last year but is considered more of a high-contact, low-strikeout hitter. His move is certain to bring up debate about the Coors Field effect — he is a lifetime .329 hitter at that park, .266 elsewhere.“It would’ve been nice” to stay in Colorado, he said. Once the Rockies said they were going in a different direction for the future, LeMahieu said the Yankees were at the top of his list.LeMahieu recalled, with enthusiasm, the only two games he played in the Bronx Steve Pearce Jersey , in 2016.“To play at Yankee Stadium was pretty cool,” he said.LeMahieu hasn’t gotten to the playoffs very often. In his postseason debut, the Rockies lost the 2017 NL wild-card game. Last season, they beat the Cubs in the wild-card game, then lost to Milwaukee in the Division Series.LeMahieu joins a Yankees club that won 100 games last season in earning an AL wild-card berth and has won a record 27 World Series championships.“You look at this team on paper, it’s stacked,” he said.LeMahieu’s deal raises the Yankees’ projected luxury tax payroll to about $213 million. The threshold is $206 million, and the team still could trade pitcher Sonny Gray and his $6.5 million salary.NOTES: The Yankees acquired LHP Ronald Roman and $50,000 from Arizona for OF Tim Locastro. Roman, 17, was signed by the Diamondbacks last July as a nondrafted free agent and will make his pro debut this season. Locastro, 26, went 2 for 12 in 21 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers the last two seasons and was traded to the Yankees in November for a minor leaguer and cash. The front office has plans in place to make sure their wayward third baseman stays on track this winter."After accidentally hitting a police officer with his truck last weekend in the Dominican Republic, it’s safe to say Miguel Sano’s offseason hasn’t gotten off to the best start. Thankfully, however J. D. Martinez Jersey , the Twins don’t plan on just leaving Sano to his own devices all winter — they are actually making Sano’s offseason a huge priority.Speaking to reporters Tuesday, CBO Derek Falvey and GM Thad Levine outlined what they had in mind for the third baseman. The team plans to keep a close eye on Sano’s progress all winter using frequent check-ins with team personnel, including “extended stays” at Ft. Myers. You may remember that Sano came to spring training last year with what Thad Levine called a “generous carriage”, and Sano struggled with it all the season. The Twins ended up sending Sano all the way down to Single-A in June specifically because they wanted him to stay at Ft. Myers, which has superior conditioning facilities. Sano was able to lose around 30 pounds during his mid-season stay in Florida, but still has more to go.In early September Sano expressed a strong desire to lose more weight and get get his conditioning and career back on track. “I’ve been working hard all season because I had my surgery and they put in a rod. It’s been bothering me the whole year,” Sano told Dan Hayes of The Athletic. “I’ve got this offseason to work hard and come back ready to do my job and try to help out team the most I can.” The third baseman also told Mike Berardino that he had plans to work out with an old Dominican friend named Yon Soriano, who is an Olympic sprinter. Apparently, Sano used to run track with him? Who knew?In addition to Sano’s own plans, however, the front office wants Sano to play winter ball in the Dominican Republic, which runs from October 13th to December 17th. “This is going to be the time where we put resources around him and create a certain level of expectations for him that we need to monitor throughout the winter to put him in the best position to earn the opportunities that he needs to have here at the major-league level,” Falvey said, per Dan Hayes of The Athletic.Of course, to really get started with any of this Paul Goldschmidt Jersey , Sano has to be healthy, which the team is unsure of at the moment. Sano only played four games in September because of a persistent knee injury, which is apparently still bothering him a little bit. The team plans to have him checked by doctors at their Dominican Academy facilities next Monday, according to Brandon Warne, and then go from there. I’m pretty sure most Twins fans would agree that giving Sano a plan to follow and keeping a close eye on him over the offseason is a good idea. Based on previous years, Sano appears to be the kind of player who needs a big of babysitting while baseball is not in season. Not that he doesn’t work out at all — who can forget the video on his Instagram with his workout catcher sitting on two cinder blocks while he caught — but it seems like he does better the more structure he has.Additionally, what these offseason plans seem to indicate is that the Twins don’t intend on getting rid of Sano. There’s a segment of fans, especially in recent days, who have called for the big guy to be traded or cut entirely, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.Who knows? Maybe if Sano sticks to his promise of getting back in shape, along with structure and help from the Twins, he can get back into All-Star form.I’m going to wait until I see it before declaring all of these plans a success, though.