By Alex Fernandez Fernandez
Since the departure of Derek Jeter No one of the New York Yankees has been able to put on decent boots that can emulate Captain America. He ended his career with an RBI to right field to field the Orioles in that memorable Sept. 25, 2014 playoff game.
But to talk about the legacy of the number 2, the shortstop with the most hits in Major League history, would be putting too much weight on the Yankees’ first choice for the 2023 season.
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According to MLB itself “The signature of Isiah Kiner-Falefa It has provoked mixed reactions among New York Yankees fans.”
However, they are not entirely fair if we take a look at what he did in 2022. He hit a line of .261/314/327 with 20 doubles, four home runs, 48 RBIs and a career high of 22 stolen bases.
He didn’t do badly in the postseason either, with a .278 batting average and a .683 OPS. Plus three seasons ago he won a Gold Glove.
The other option for the Manhattan Mules is another younger infielder, Oswald Peraza, who has already been considered the second best prospect in the organization. He hit 15 hits in 49 at-bats, although some also believe that he is not mature enough.
The truth is that the shortstop is not the only position that the Bronx have pending, because let’s remember that there is the priority case in the free agency of Aaron Judge.
But what level shortstops also entered those instances?
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Well, Trea Turner and Carlos Correa himself. There is much speculation about the latter after renouncing the last years of a three-year contract for 105 million dollars.
In addition to the extraordinary performance of Correa, who already knows what it is to win a World Series ring, we cannot ignore what MLB itself says.
“New York City has a community of approximately 900,000 Boricuas. They are by far the largest Latino presence in the Big Apple and since Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada, the Bombers have not had a player of that caliber to represent Puerto Rico.”
The history of the most important sports franchise in the United States has had, in addition to Derek Jeter (1994-2014), other big shorts, Phil Rizzuto (1941-1956) with five All-Star games; Frank Crosetti (1932-1948) who was also a coach and was in 23 American pennants.
In turn, we cannot forget Didi Gregorius who was there until 2019, and was the first shortstop to hit 20 home runs or more in three consecutive seasons. But tomorrow is pressing, and it has been shown that in the Big Show you need a level shortstop, if not ask Houston and its 2022 MVP in the World Series.
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