Former New York Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier signed with the Chicago Cubs before the MLB lockout. Frazier's time with New York, while filled with promise at one point, ultimately came to an ugly end. However, Frazier recently revealed shocking details about the injury he was dealing with last season, which may help to shed some light on his down year.

Former Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier has quite the story about his injury and how it affected him. Yes, Frazier should have been open and honest with the Yankees about his injury, which it appears he wasn't. However, the newly signed Cub wasn't dealing with just any injury.

Frazier, who had multiple episodes where he crashed into the wall, experienced concussion-like symptoms throughout the 2018 and 2019 seasons. The former Yankees outfielder's depth perception was affected in the outfield, a scary side effect of his injury.

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Yankees fans and pundits got on Frazier for his egregious defensive mistakes, when according to the Cubs outfielder, he was trying to catch the ball, but his perception was so off that it was affecting his defense.

However, the worst of it occurred last season after another collision with the outfield wall. Frazier experienced the symptoms that plagued him in past seasons once again, only this time, they were much worse.

The ex-Yankees outfielder admitted that he should have told the team just how bad the symptoms were when they happened initially before spring training in 2021, though he was trying to play and take advantage of being the starting outfielder for New York for the first time during his tenure there.

Frazier was not only dealing with a baseball injury, but it was affecting his quality of life. That sheds new light on why Clint Frazier's Yankees tenure didn't go as planned.