He’s making Mickey Mantle doubly proud.
Clint Frazier will take No. 77 and leave No. 30, which he had been wearing, for David Robertson, who will assume the number he wore with the Yankees from 2008-14.
A report surfaced during spring training that Frazier had requested Mantle’s No. 7, curious if the team would un-retire numbers. The report was unconfirmed, and Frazier and the Yankees have denied it at every turn.
After the trade with the White Sox on Tuesday night, in which Todd Frazier and Tommy Kahnle joined Robertson in coming to The Bronx, the Yankees will have a very NHL-approved outfield, with Clint Frazier’s No. 77 joining Aaron Judge’s 99.
According to Baseball Reference, Frazier will be the second Yankee ever to don 77. Reliever Humberto Sanchez wore it in a brief stint in 2008.
As for Frazier’s old No. 30, The Post’s Mike Vaccaro shared this tale:
