1. Yesterday, the Martian went 0-3: a K, a grounder to SS, and an infield pop. Gotta wonder if it's time for the funk that validates the looming front office decision to file him away in the Dunder Mifflin bureau.
2. All five Yank runs were generated by fringe, non-roster, no-names: Ellis (age 28) Martinez (26) Brown (33), Palma (24) Fernandez (23.) Nice for nobodies to get a chance. But lineup is toothless.
3. Wait. Let's talk about Yanquiel Fernandez, who doubled to center and drove in a run. He's a former bigly hyped Rockies OF - 6'2" and 200 lbs, from Cuba - reincarnated as a second-chance nothing burger. The Yankees got him two weeks ago with a microscopic waiver wire move. He supposedly has tape measure power and a cannon for an arm. He doubled off somebody named Zach Pop, who was knocked around by the bottom of the Yankee lineup. Still, Fernanez is sorta interesting. On the spring, he's 2 for 9, (.222.) He could comprise an OF of the Lost in Scranton - with Dominguez and Spencer Jones.
5. Yankees gushing over Will Warren, who pitched into the 4th with one hit, and who struck out the side in the 1st. They say he's pitching from a different side of the rubber. Hence, the biggest trope of spring baseball: A player's new adjustment has made him a star.
6. Write this down: The only thing less meaningful than the box score is the drivel of the postgame interview.
7. More kudos from the front office to, well, itself: Yankees were brilliant to draft Ben Hess, who thus far hasn't done much. Yesterday, he pitched two scoreless innings. Yanks would have us believe the farm system is vastly underassessed due to the bounty crop of young pitchers. Trouble is, every team in baseball has blazing young arms. Have you looked at the Mets? Jays? Redsocks? Yikes.
8. Cade Winquest, the all-or-nothing Rule 5 pick, got whacked. He went 2/3rds of an inning, gave up a HR off - um - Bryson Stott? He either makes the team out of camp, or he goes back to St. Louis.
9. Lineups are starting to show movement of players to the World Baseball Classic.
10. With Aaron Judge as captain, Yank fans will be the most patriotic rooters in baseball. But but BUT... there is danger here. What if Trump politicizes the thing? (Why am I asking this? Of course he will.) Could the Yankees get caught in it? (Of course they will.)
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One of the saddest, most troubling things for some of us Yankees fans is the support many of our former and present players have shown for Trump. Though I suppose they're just rich assholes like the Steinbrenners at this point. Black, white, brown--way too many think Fat Hitler and his lunatic death cult are just the bee's knees.
I don't get. It's not like they've been beaned and run full-tilt into concrete walls. And a lot of them started from nothing, so you'd think they'd have different allegiances. Guess not.
Where was I? Oh, yeah. The WBC. Whoo.
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