Good for him! I wish Francisco Cervelli the best!

The Daily News can't help itself:

"Nobody is more overjoyed at this development than Francisco Cervelli, the ex-Yankee, who for the first time in his much-interrupted career, has come into camp anointed as the No. 1 catcher. That is not to say Cervelli doesn’t have a challenge in front of him — he’s being asked to replace Russell Martin, whom he once backed up with the Yankees, and will spend the spring working with a whole new pitching staff on a team that expects to take that next step and advance further into October."

"Much-interrupted career" is an interesting way to describe "PED suspension."


" 'In Cervelli, we saw a catcher with an upside defensive ability, a good receiver who blocks the plate well and has a lot of energy,' said Huntington. 'His challenge will be to gain the trust of his pitchers and hopefully get some breaks for a change.'

" 'He’s a hungry learner,' Hurdle added of Cervelli. 'We know he’s a good catcher and he’s working hard on getting to know our pitchers, and he can swing the bat. This is the third time we’ve tapped the Yankee well for a catcher (Martin in 2013, and Chris Stewart last year) and the first two were successful. Our job is just to keep him healthy.' ”

I meant to say he's a cheater, a liar, a known associate of a felon drug dealer, obstructer of justice, and, as far as we know, unable to play in the major leagues without the assistance of performance-enhancing drugs.


"Ah, injuries. It’s hard to find anyone in the majors who’s lost more time — and more opportunities — to injuries than Cervelli, who suffered a broken forearm in spring training in 2008, broke his foot in 2011, broke his right hand in April of 2013 after earning the Yankees’ starting catching job, and missed much of last season with a hamstring injury and a concussion. For good measure, there was the 50-game suspension in 2013 for his involvement in the Biogenesis scandal."

For good measure?

That's all you've got for Cervelli?

All right. That's cool with me.

The next time you feel the urge to slag on ARod, just be sure to climb down from that high horse before you do, because you've made it impossible for anyone to take you seriously.