Yankees Giancarlo Stanton is the Anti-Cliff Lee

The Tide Turns…Back

And it burned Lee big time. The next was his final but truncated campaign. His elbow gave out, and he did not pitch in the majors after the mid-way point in the 2014 season.

No matter what team he was on, that event would still have occurred. Lee, though, could have had much better final years. But he choose to chose the Phillies as a team more likely to win than the Yankees.

That brings us to Giancarlo Stanton. While not a free agent, Stanton was always going to be moved this winter; we just didn’t know it.

But once we did, we also found out he was wielding his full no-trade clause to his advantage. Desperate to cut payroll, Derek Jeter and his Wolverines were forced to let Mike pick his landing spot.

He chose the Yankees.

And he did for the same reason Lee once chose another team: Giancarlo Stanton believes the Yankees are in the best position to win. The baseball universe is in perfect alignment when the best players in the game want to be on the Yankees because they see it as the best place to win World Series’.

Bigger in Victory, Bigger in Defeat

It worked out great for Ruth, Reggie, and Catfish. Ditto for Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, and David Cone. And it was pretty good for A-Rod, Mark Teixeira, and Godzilla, as well.

Now it is Stanton’s turn.

And he is off to a good start as has already changed an embarrassing narrative. As said, the Yankees are criticized more when they lose in any part of the game. And that includes the off-season.