Changing of the Seasons
Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs, who were led to their first title in 50 years by the son of a former major league ballplayer. Now, as of this morning, we're pivoting from Patrick Mahomes' sport back to his dad's.
We're eight or nine days away from when pitchers and catchers report to training camps in Florida and Arizona. Some players can't wait for that date -- Luke Voit told the New York Post he was driving from his Missouri home to the Yankees' Tampa headquarters on Saturday. Coming off a 2019 that was derailed by a sports hernia in late June, he's one of those who'll have questions to answer over the next sevene weeks: was his late 2018/early 2019 production a fluke or the sign of a late bloomer? Can he hold off Miguel Andujar and Mike Ford to remain the Yanks regular 1st baseman? Will his defense improve enough that he's not just relegated to sharing the DH position with Giancarlo Stanton? Is he trade bait for a badly needed lefthanded bat?
As we put football in the rear view mirror and steer back into the baseball lane, I'm happy to ask those questions and wait for the answers to be revealed.
We're eight or nine days away from when pitchers and catchers report to training camps in Florida and Arizona. Some players can't wait for that date -- Luke Voit told the New York Post he was driving from his Missouri home to the Yankees' Tampa headquarters on Saturday. Coming off a 2019 that was derailed by a sports hernia in late June, he's one of those who'll have questions to answer over the next sevene weeks: was his late 2018/early 2019 production a fluke or the sign of a late bloomer? Can he hold off Miguel Andujar and Mike Ford to remain the Yanks regular 1st baseman? Will his defense improve enough that he's not just relegated to sharing the DH position with Giancarlo Stanton? Is he trade bait for a badly needed lefthanded bat?
As we put football in the rear view mirror and steer back into the baseball lane, I'm happy to ask those questions and wait for the answers to be revealed.
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