This article was originally published on fansided.com as Joe Espada's excuse for Yankees sweep of Astros just won't cut it in Houston.

Manager Joe Espada recently spoke with Fox 26 Houston ... standings behind Baltimore Orioles and arch-rivals, New York Yankees. This meant that they missed out on the playoffs for a third ...

And experience seemed to be the mentality of the Mets and Yankees, who will deploy John ... groomed as a future manager such as Mendoza or Joe Espada, who both were bench coaches last year and ...

Joe Espada talks about the possibility of Jose Altuve playing left field to give the team more flexibility and enhance their ...

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Per Chandler Rome of The Athletic on social media: Joe Espada said Jose Altuve has been working in left field for the last couple weeks. He is still taking ground balls at second base, too.