Yankees’ Mike Ford says he feels like his 2019 self, ‘comfortable and confident’

Back again in 2019, the New York Yankees desired Mike Ford to carry out like he had completed it in the small leagues for so very long. And he typically did, impressing every person en route to a .259/.350/.559 line with 12 homers and 25 RBIs in 50 games.

Last period, although, was not as good for Ford, who slumped to a .135 ordinary in 74 at-bats. This time, however, he came in effectively-ready to impress in the 1st possibility he had with the Yankees.

The husky initial baseman explained to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com that he dropped all around 20 kilos in his quest to get to the 2021 year in the greatest possible condition. A normal winter plan absolutely assisted.

“With the layoff very last yr, we in no way seriously realized when we ended up heading to get back to play and I feel some men struggled with it,” Ford mentioned. “It was rough to see the light-weight at the close of the tunnel. It is not an justification at all, but this 12 months I genuinely worked hard in the offseason to established my entire body up to be completely ready to go.”

The Yankees need Ford to stage up

Ford previously hit a house operate in opposition to Cleveland over the weekend, and mentioned he feels in great form to enable the Yankees fill in for Luke Voit.

“I experience genuinely great I truly feel like I’m back again to 2019 Mike,” Ford mentioned. “I struggled previous year mentally a good deal. It was type of an opportunity for me to demonstrate what I can do, and I didn’t definitely do that. To be able to be snug and self-assured in myself once again, without having just declaring it and seriously experience it, that is a huge thing for me moving ahead.”

Voit won’t return to the Yankees for at least two extra months, most likely a lot more, so Ford has some time to put on a show and most likely earn extra at-bats in the future.