Rumor: Yankees and others not backing off Jeff Keppinger despite
injury  Jeff Keppinger broke his foot this offseason, but he is
expected to make a full recovery before the season starts and it
hasn’t cooled the Yankees, or anybody else’s, interest in him,
according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.  Keppinger, 33 by the
end of April, is one of those players that the Yankees are
always interested in and this offseason is no different. It’s
not hard to see why either as Kepp, who is coming off a season
where he hit .325/.367/.439 for the Rays, is a rare utility
infielder that can actually hit. He has played every infield
position and left field during his career and his 97 OPS+ would
be great off the bench.  Now that Alex Rodriguez is expected to
miss about half the season it wouldn’t be shocking to see the
Yankees up their aggressiveness to sign Keppinger although it
still seems unlikely they would offer him a multi-year deal.
There are other options available if the Yankees are just
looking for a third basema