Free-agent Yankee ‘checks all the boxes’ for Hal Steinbrenner

During a taped interview Thursday night on YES, Hal Steinbrenner spoke glowingly of free-agent outfielder Brett Gardner, who wants to come back to the Yankees and fill the hole in center field, with Aaron Hicks not expected back from Tommy John surgery until at least June. Yet, while the sides talk, Gardner remains unsigned. “He…