Cheer up El Duque! It's going to be alright...

Sure it looks hopeless. This current lineup would have trouble beating our 1967 team.  And, let's face it , when Gerrit Cole looks in the mirror he's starting to see Mel Stottlemyre.  

And yes, 2/3 of the line up's baseball cards would be bicycle spoke food if they actually qualified to have their own baseball card, which I'm not so sure they do. 

And OK, imaginary savior Brian Reynolds just signed an eight year 106 million dollar contract with Pittsburgh taking him off the trading block...

(BTW eight years for only 106 mil?  How... reasonable. What's with that? If we traded for him his extension would have been twice that.)

And, I know. I KNOW. We are still stuck with The Brain calling the shots but we're going to be OK. 

Why?  I will tell you...

1) The Yankees will still make the playoffs! 

MLB in their infinite prescience changed the qualifications to make the play in game to the play in game easier than ever. By the end of the year both The World Champion Houston Astros and their perennial whipping boys The New York Yankees will both get in. Ratings uber alles. 

2) Aaron Hicks just had his "Two quarterback sneaks in a row moment".

For those of you that are not NY Giant fans (and there's still time to climb aboard with out being called front runners - a lot of time actually. Years. But, they are going in the right direction.) former and currently disgraced Head Coach Joe Judge had so little confidence in his offense (designed by Offensive Coach and Cowboy mole Jason Garret) that, with the Giants pinned back in their own end, called not one but TWO quarterback sneaks in a row so they could punt.

It ended his tenure. 

Aaron Hicks bunting with two outs the other day and his failure to catch last nights deep fly, after which Aaron Judge actually looked at him with contempt, was it for him. He will not make it back to the stadium. They will bring up someone/anyone to take his place. 

The Captain will take Boone aside and then call Cashman. We won't hear about it for years but if you saw the look on his face... 

It would be fitting to leave Hicks in Minny from whence he came.

3) The kids will be alright.

Anthony Volpe is dealing with being elevated from a prospect to the next NY Media Market Superstar. He's at a Ranger game with Aaron Judge, hobnobbing with Pete Davidson, getting fitted for a bobble head... It's a lot to deal with for anybody much less a 21 year old. He's pressing. It's understandable. The talent is there. Also, he should be the second baseman and let Peraza play short but that's for another day.

Jasson is dealing with the opposite problem. After kicking ass in spring training and being one of the chosen ones he's back in the minors and not AAA... AA. Back to a shabby Motel Six with a roommate who snores. He is depressed and facing pitching that is "beneath him". In a couple of weeks he will have shaken off his slump and start crushing the ball again. He'll be in AAA by mid June at the latest. Who knows? Maybe a call up in September. 

Peraza is pressing as well. Trying to prove that the job he earned last year and then lost to Volpe, should be his.  Plus he's learning 3B. A lot of pressure. No glory. 

He will straighten out.

4) Our pitching is not that bad and will get better 

Eventually Sevi and Rodon will return. They will. I'm pretty sure they will. At least one of them will. For a while anyway. 

We just can't hit. 

5) We will hit.

Eventually the hitters will revert to the mean and play like the back of their baseball cards and...

OK fine. We stink. At least the Knicks and the Rangers are still playing. The NFL draft is tomorrow. The brand new MLF football league will have a NY team and who doesn't like watching MLFs.