Good morning everyone and Happy Saturday. Another rainy day
here in North Georgia but I guess I’ve gotten used to that by now. It seems
like any day now all the people who get all sparkly in the sun are going to
move down from Forks County here to my neck of the woods….. yeah I used a
Twilight reference at 7:00 am on a weekend. I would un-bookmark the site too,
so no hard feelings.
On this day in 2016, as we saw in our aptly named post this
morning, Alex Rodriguez played his final game in Major League Baseball and with
the Yankees so I want to take a chance to look back at his career a little bit
one more time today. I also want to praise Brian Cashman once more because it
seems like he may have found a diamond in the rough with Dillon Tate.
Tate was traded from the Texas Rangers last year at the
August 1st trading deadline for outfielder Carlos Beltran and Tate
came with many question marks. Tate’s velocity was down and so was his
production but either the Yankees coaches, a change of scenery or a little bit
of both have seemingly turned Tate around and turned the young right-hander and
former first round pick into a beast once again.
At the time of the trade Tate was sporting a 5.12 ERA for
the Low-A Texas Rangers affiliate. His velocity was down and not even he knew
where the ball was going when it left his hand after being the fourth overall
pick in the 2015 MLB First Year Players Draft but the Yankees have seemingly
turned him around. Tate was recently called up to Double-A Trenton and will
make his debut there today after posting a 6-0 record and a 2.62 ERA in nine
starts with the Tampa Yankees. Tate’s velocity is back up to 94 MPH and his
slider is devastating to opposing batters… just like Brian Cashman knew it
would.
And a special good morning to you my love. I love you and I
hope you’re doing well this morning. It was a tough week but it’s getting
easier and better all the time… and it’s getting closer and closer to forever
too. I love you. HEY YOU.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)