PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. _ It's game-on in what by far will be the most interesting, and watched, competition of Yankees spring training.
A day after Greg Bird roped a pair of hits, including a double, on Saturday in his first start of the spring, Luke Voit, considered the front-runner after his impressive power display late last season but resolved to demonstrate that wasn't "a fluke," had his turn Sunday.
The hulking 28-year-old, built more like a linebacker and a phenomenon after the Yankees acquired him in an under-the-radar deal before last year's trade deadline, went 2-for-3 with four RBIs in a 8-5 victory over the Rays. His afternoon included a monstrous three-run homer in the fourth inning off righty Ryne Stanek on a 0-and-1 fastball that arrived at 96 mph and departed much faster to left-center.
