I have been criticized, lately, for laying off the Jacoby Ellsbury tale.
The reason for that is; we are better off without him. And I reserve my darkest news for the
loss ( anticipated, actual or extended ) of players we want in the line-up.
Some sages have been mentioning that Aaron Hicks looks better in CF than Ellsbury. That he is just as fleet, has a better arm, and covers the territory with confident ease. He is also our most reliable hitter.
So the concussion ( on a phenomenal, gutsy play by Jacoby....no doubt about that one, the guy gave up his body for a big out ) was more a blessing ( to the team, not to him ) than a curse.
That Jacoby's headaches have returned is not my doing. He is a good guy. The Yankees are just very well positioned with him in recovery mode.
Those head things are testy. He will be another week, minimum.
I will grant that Gardy, and maybe even Judge, benefit from a day off now and then, and Jacoby has to be back playing for that to occur. The hope was that the Yankees would give someone else a shot . Well, I guess the revisit of Refsnyder is to do that. But that is a dead end road, sorry to say.
As to the future, I still get my tail feathers in a knot when I watch Tanaka labor. I just wonder if that tendon is causing some weakness. Tick. Tock.
Posts
1 comment:
Everything is Jake without Jacoby. But then, everything was Jake when he was playing.
We can't seem to get beyond the 10-over-.500 mark. It's like Girardi has decided that's where we stay and he'll do anything to make sure of it.
Joe, a word of advice. Ty Clippard is a fine fellow, and a decent bullpen pitcher. But he isn't your 8th inning guy. Stop trying to make him into same.
Post a Comment