My only objection to the Yankees signing Alonso is that it will embolden the lunatics who have been predicting this exact thing for the past year.

Ralph from Jersey called WFAN in April and said the Yankees will sign Alonso and the Mets will sign Soto. Ralph from Jersey will tell everyone he knows about this for the rest of his life.

What Ralph from Jersey leaves out is that he also thought the Yankees should skip Gerrit Cole and sign Madison Bumgarner and Matt Harvey.

Ralph from Jersey also said that the Yankees were going to fire Boone and hire Wally Backman as their manager.

Ralph from Jersey also said Greg Bird was a future AL MVP. Bird reminded Ralph from Jersey of John Olerud and Shawn Green.