Alex Rodriguez wonders out loud if a highly-paid superstar will ruin the Yankees' clubhouse chemistry.

Somebody has to say it ...

Yu Darvish isn't that good.

He doesn't see it.

John Harper won't vote for the hardcore users whose late-career stats made a farce of the record books (his words):

"As I heard Ron Darling and Mike Lowell, two respected former players, say on MLB Network during a round-table discussion: basically, that even before testing, every player knew it was wrong, and if you took steroids you traded the numbers and the financial rewards for the Hall of Fame."


Next paragraph:

"I’m hoping this is the year Edgar Martinez makes it. I’ve voted for him for years, and DH or not, he’s a perfect example of the need to reward excellence. As a pure hitter he was one of the best ever, as pitchers who faced him are the first to tell you."


37-year-old Edgar Martinez:

 .324/.423/.579, 37 HRs, 31 doubles, 145 RBIs.

Baseball is supposed to be fun and entertaining.

This is a cool story. Have a little fun with the fans.

Thank you.

"Last year we were the team that everybody loved, that feel-good story," Sabathia said on MLB Network's Hot Stove show. "But getting Giancarlo just brings us back to being that hated team."

Sabathia chuckled and added, "That's what we like, man, we want to go out there and put the best team on the field and, you know, crush everybody every game."

My solutions to five Yankee "problems."

Not a bad discussion about the Yankees.

My solutions are as follows:

1. Second base: Jose Altuve.
2. Third base: Manny Machado,.
3. Starters: Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer.
4. Backup first baseman: Joey Votto.
5. Backup catcher: Buster Posey.

Make it happen.

That was quick.