A review of the young Yankees.

"So the trade deadline came, ownership and management pulled off their version of a purge, and Alex Rodriguez went soon after. But instead of a halt, the Yankees have caught fire. Lo and behold, they are even in a playoff race."

See what I mean?

The Yankees managed to get to 4 games over .500 with ARod on the team.

Now they're 5 games over .500 and another month has fallen off the calendar.


"Sanchez’s numbers are so Hobbsian — .403/.459/.883 with a 1.342 OPS and 20 RBIs in 77 at-bats — that the commissioner maybe should demand a check of the specifications of the catcher’s bat. Or is it the catcher himself who is Wonderboy? And was it A-Rod who played the role of Bump Bailey in this movie?

It isn’t and wasn’t just Sanchez. Cessa was fine in winning his second straight start. Ben Heller, who came from Cleveland as part of the package for Miller, pitched a scoreless inning in his major league debut. Aaron Judge smacked a double and threw out a runner at second.

They’re the Baby Bombers and they’re in a race. Next thing you know, Girardi will be telling Sanchez to knock the cover off the ball.

And he will."

Yeah, but the rest of the young players have stunk (despite Ben Heller's entire scoreless inning).

Severino is back in the minors and Judge strikes out half the time.

ARod's replacement, Tyler Austin, is the only person on the entire planet whose OPS is actually lower than ARod's.


Look, the Yankees found a surprise gem in Sanchez. They will ride it as long as they can. They could have promoted Sanchez and benched McCann with or without ARod on the roster (and with Beltran, Miller, and Chapman).

Sanchez is going to hit the skids, the Yankees are going to finish in fourth place in their own division, and ARod will be "advising" from afar for $27 million per year.

It was time to take off the training wheels and prepare for the future. I have no particular use for the dead weight, including the dead weight that remains on the roster.

But if these Baby Bombers are going to pay off, we won't know until 2018.