Frazier hopes he’s over struggles

NEW YORK — Clint Frazier wants to make sure his time as the Yankees’ future doesn’t stretch beyond four years. He also hopes to avoid skipping their present and moving directly to their past.

Frazier was acquired from the Indians in the July 2016 deal for reliever Andrew Miller and viewed by the Yankees as one of their next big stars. Known for the shaggy red hair he had to cut to conform to the pinstriped sartorial code, he struggled to overcome cockiness and then brutal outfield defense.

Recalled from the limbo of the Yankees’ alternate training site after Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge got hurt, the 25year-old outfielder hit .571 (8-for-14) with two homers and eight RBIs in his first four games, distinctive not for his hair but for a team-logo gaiter that covers nearly his entire face.

“I’m still trying to find my role because I’m a human, and I look at a couple of weeks from now, whenever Stanton does come back, and where that puts me and I think that I at least have time between now and then to possibly establish a role,” Frazier said. “And I would hope that I make the most of it. I hope that I can at least get a couple chances to ... do my best, because that’s really all I’m asking for now.”

When he debuted July 1, 2017, Frazier became the first Yankee since 1913 to double and homer in his first major league game. But he has bounced up and down since, blocked by a big league clubhouse filled with stars.

“At times I wondered, am I going to make it back?” Frazier said.

MIKE STOBE/GETTY Clint Frazier hit .571 with two HRs and eight RBIs in his first four games this season.