In Brennen Davis, Yanks sign another former future star to their vast collection of couldabeens.

To celebrate the failed expectations of 2024 - R.I.P., you bastard year -the Death Barge yesterday signed a former "can't miss" prospect to a minor league deal. 

Brennen Davis is 25, bats RH, plays all three OF slots and - at 6'3" - should look scary coming off the bus from Scranton throughout 2025.

In many respects, Davis represents the classic, unfulfilled top prospect, whose character arc includes:  

1. Four appearances on Baseball America's Top 100 lists, peaking at #16 in early 2022.

2. Stardom in the 2021 Futures Game, outdoing Jasson Dominguez, Jeter Downs and Bobby Witt Jr., by going 2-for-3 with 2 HRs.

3. Persistent injuries in recent years.

4. In 168 games, over four seasons at Triple A, a career batting average of .203.

He'll provide what Brian Cashman calls "system depth," the kind that has included - with due respect - the likes of Franchy Cordero, Jake Bauer and Willie Calhoun. 

Don't be surprised if, around mid-June, when Giancarlo and Judge are taking ice baths and MRIs, the YES team is talking up Davis as a stopgap solution in CF, and remembering that big Futures Game of '21. Let the record show that the Mets are supposedly closing in on Pete Alphonso and/or Alex Bregman, and we just signed Brennen Davis.

Oh, well... hey, ya never know...