Jose Trevino looks like the Yankees' steal of the summer

Okay, gotta ask, once again... where, where, where in Phukaduk would the Yankees be without Jose Trevino? 

The alt-Yankiverses are not happy places. There, we are...

1. Waiting on Kyle Higashioka, a mysterious disaster, now hitting .164 with zero HRs and RBIs countable on one hand. We haven't cracked the Higgy Code - why did his power vanish with spring training? Alas, he might just not be a frontline catcher, like Austin Romine, a spare part now wallowing in the Angels' farm system. 

2. Waiting on Rob Brantley, a 32-year-old lug nut who - (and I suspect this tells us all we need to know) -on Saturday refused his demotion to Scranton and went out on the MLB waiver wire, able to go anywhere. Sunday, he re-signed a minor league contract with the Yankees and is now - gulp - in Scranton.

3. Waiting on Ben Rortvedt, the original comfort food in last winter's Gary Sanchez deal with Minnesota. Supposedly, we'd found our rock, the catcher who would settle the staff and charge the defense. Of course, Benny Biceptv tweaked something , missed spring training, then jobbed a knee and is recovering from surgery. One more boo-boo, and it's strike three on 2022. Oh, well, he's only 24, and what were we expecting? Last year, The Rort hit .169.  Higgyesque.

4, Waiting on Austin Wells, a 22-year-old "offensive" catcher - (read: future first-baseman?) - down in Single A Hudson Valley. Wells is reputed to be our top catching prospect - (or first-baseman?) - with an ETA of September 2023. He's injured, replaced by former first-round pick Anthony Siegler, who last week achieved his first viral video by doing a theatrical bat flip on a fly ball that died at the track. At least he's not a future first-baseman.

5. Waiting on Cooperstown Cashman (pictured at right) to monitor the waiver wire with the intensity of of Johnny Depp pushing a wife down a flight of stairs, (which never happened, right?) 

Waiting on... no, wait! We have Trevino! And thank God. To get him, we traded the eternal prospect, Albert "Double A" Abreu, to Texas. This weekend, the Rangers waived Abreu, and - who knows -maybe he'll come home? Manny Baneulos did. Shane Greene did. Don't they all?  

Every winning Yankee team has at least one surprise no-name, who makes an impact. This year, we've had Nestor Cortez, Clay Holmes, Tim Locastro, and Trevno - now hitting .263 with 3 HRs. Our last starting catcher to hit higher was Gary, in 2017, in his miracle half-season. He finished in a freefall at .278. Before then, you must go back to 2010 with Francisco Cervelli, who hit .271. Remember the giant helmet?

Don't know how long Trevino can keep this up. But he's been a godsend, who has saved the bottom of our lineup from becoming an open drain. He's the steal of 2022. And right now, he's our catcher.