Yanks experience their biggest s**t show since Game 5 of the 2024 World Series. And it's the real stuff.

Ever stress out over what seem to be colossal concerns, only to have a new problem suddenly put everything into place?

Here's a tidbit from Yankee camp, via The Athletic/NY Times.

Yeahp. A sewer line backed up, sending Major League crapola - the real deal, not a metaphor - to roam the George M Steinbrenner baseball complex in Tampa. Suddenly, for at least one day, all our bullpen worries vanished into the brown. Reports The Athletic:

A Yankees player said the sewage had initially soaked only the bathroom, but later it had begun to reach other areas of the clubhouse, which is mostly carpeted. Players often leave belongings, such as footwear and equipment, on the carpet.

“It’s a mess in there,” he said.

Yeahp. It's carpeted. 

I leave you to your thoughts.

It's tempting to call it an omen, a sign of what's to come. But while players sought to rescue their iPads, a few Yanks enjoyed a different kind of blowout. 

In a (thankfully) outdoor game, the Yankees scored 20 runs. against Detroit.

Once again, Spencer Jones is off to a hot start. He homered yesterday, a 408-foot shot to right, while playing CF and going 1-for-3 with a strikeout (his bugaboo.) What if Jones goes on a tear, forcing himself into the lineup? For him to get playing time in April, it would require at least two outfielders to go down with injuries. (Even then, they'd probably play cheap and hold him in Scranton, out of contract considerations.) Still, all the guy can do is keep hitting. He was the most intriguing prospect in the Yankee farm system last year. A few more HRs, and he'll be the most intriguing one in camp.

Aaron Judge hit two HRs, and three minor leaguers added one-offs. The biggest name (after Jones) would be Roderick Arias, a big ticket, high-profile Latino signee five years ago, whose career has been a bust. He went 2-for-3 with 4 RBIs. For all his issues - basically, he's never hit - Arias is still only 21, too young to be discarded. If he were to suddenly bloom, like red tide near a sewer output, the Yankees would have a trade surplus at SS, and I think Cashman would be frantic to make a deal, while his good fortune lasts.  

FWIW: The Martian went 1 for 1 with a walk and two runs scored. Another guy whose immediate future hinges on the health of the outfield.

Too bad nothing mattered. But yesterday, the Yankees faced a different kind of matter: 

Fecal matter.