Jessica Grows On Us

 There is a recent update on the Yankee's top prospect.  The Dominguez boy.  

Although he has dropped out of the rating services' "top 100" prospects, that doesn't mean he is, well, a turkey.

Sure, he put on "what looks to be 30 pounds" of (largely) not muscle.  But we have all been at home eating candy to deal with the pandemic.  

He proved last year he could not hit lefties ( .167 avg) and he struck out 39% of the time.  So we can forget two things at least:

1.  He can give up the switch hitting idea ( we have Aaron Hicks ), and 

2.  He can't run well enough to play center if he is dragging 30 extra "big ones."

The analysts don't want to "write off" an 18 year old (or whatever he is). So they maintain he still has a canon arm.  And, hopefully, most of Hal's $5million. 

So maybe they can try him on the mound.  He never played the game before so he never pitched before either. 

But it makes one wonder;  who signed this 16 year old and gave him $5 big ones? Is there no limit to stupidity?  No consequences?

The best thing we can do is forget about him. 

 I said (from the day of signing) that he would never be anything close to what the Yankees were pretending.  That's when I began calling him "Jessica" ( no disrespect intended to women ).  It was just my way of saying he is not going to be a ballplayer. 

Every report you hear this season will be dismaying.

 Unless there is an ice cream sandwich incident in Sayreville.