With Derek Jeter gone, retired, and likely married to Hannah
Davis right now who is the new face of the New York Yankees? The answer may not
be as simple as one would think unfortunately. I have seen many around the
Yankees blogosphere and around the beat writers saying that it is Alex
Rodriguez. News flash guys, we see through your attempts to garner views and
readers by pushing the envelope and I personally did not click a single one of
those links. Sorry, not buying it.
The Yankees currently sport home grown talent in left field
with Brett Gardner and on the pitcher’s mound with David Robertson (assuming he
comes back), Ivan Nova, Shane Greene, Dellin Betances, Adam Warren, and others.
In my opinion the face of a franchise has to be an everyday player so Gardner
has to win this one by default, no?
That doesn’t downplay the importance of Gardner to the
Yankees and it doesn’t make him any less deserving either. New comers like
Jacoby Ellsbury, Carlos Beltran, and Brian McCann will get their shot at it but
it’s probably too soon to consider any of them at this moment. Mark Teixeira
ruffled a few feathers this season with his inability and unwillingness to play
through injuries this season and is also likely out of contention in the race
for the face of the Yankees.
The face of the Yankees has to be a player that not only the
team can gather and rally around but the fans have to be involved to. I’ve
already donned Gardner as the next Yankees captain so why not the face of the
franchise as well, right? Don’t the two go hand in hand? So an early
congratulations to Gardner from us here at The Greedy Pinstripes on the
promotion.
