Yankees: Clint Frazier reveals talk with Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman when he was demoted

It turns out Clint Frazier was frustrated when the Yankees demoted him at the start of the year.

The discourse surrounding the New York Yankees and Clint Frazier hasn’t been pretty. The 25-year-old very clearly has an MLB-ready bat and belongs on an active roster (and probably in a starting lineup!), but he’s been in purgatory the last few years.

Things haven’t changed in 2020, which prompted Frazier to ask for answers when the team decided to option him after the season-opening series against the Washington Nationals.

Now back up on the Yankees’ active roster once again, Frazier responded to questions about his situation as the Yanks get ready to take on the Braves Wednesday night.

He was very candid, which has to make Yankees fans feel good about his seemingly troubling/unstable situation with the organization.

To be honest, we feel like we could have a conversation with Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman if it came down to it.

Both guys are down to earth (at least based on what we’ve seen from them in interviews/in-game action), so, though Frazier likely reached a boiling point in terms of his baseball existential crisis in New York, it’s good these men were the “upper management” he got to talk to.

Nobody can blame him for expressing his concerns/frustrations, either. He objectively has not been given a fair chance, especially after cruising through spring training and Summer Camp AND batting .362 with runners in scoring position last year. What’s a man gotta do?

Plus, he’s got the PERFECT kind of ego for New York. Frazier knows he’s good. He knows he can crush the ball out of the park with one, deadly swing. He thrives off pressure. This is your big city player.

But the Yankees outfield situation has complicated his breakthrough. With Aaron Judge and Aaron Hicks securing two starting spots, Giancarlo Stanton as a last-resort option, Brett Gardner still hanging around, and Mike Tauchman seemingly ready to be a starter, Frazier is blocked from just about every angle.

Now, the Yankees will be without Stanton for quite a while and Frazier will see the field either as a DH or left fielder. All the kid’s gotta do is quell the organization’s concerns about his defense and strikeouts, and his place on the team could be sorted out by the end of the 2020 season.

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