Scouting ballplayers can be a grueling, inexact science and, as Damon Oppenheimer knows, “there’s times when we look dumb as hell.”
But Oppenheimer, the Yankees’ director of amateur scouting, and the rest of the folks who work in scouting and player development for the club had a moment in the AL Wild Card Series sweep of the Red Sox. The series was a showcase for homegrown Yanks, even with one of the best drafted-and-developed Yankees ever — Aaron Judge — missing because of a calf injury.
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“The players are the ones who make us look smart, right?” Oppenheimer said. “We’ve got a great group that’s giving us a chance...
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