Unvaccinated Andrew Benintendi traded from Royals to Yankees

Regardless of the wink, wink, nod, nod, nod, slam deal Andrew Benintendi had with the Yankees, his vaccination status was not discussed in the trade negotiations that ended with the Yankees. him by the small picture, if Verified tweeters will be trusted. Other verifiers are alleging that the left puncher is willing to take the regular hit – available to all ages and extremely useful against COVID – to a winning team.

However, just two weeks ago after 10 anti-vaxxers in Kansas City didn’t make the trip north of the borderJon Heyman said New York has cooled off with the former Royal in particular due to his lack of vaccinations.

Well, what happened was… The Yanks have lost six of their past 10 games, including two two-game sweeps at the hands of the obnoxious Astros and Mets, with one loss in each series. Wednesday’s drama is more like this month for a team with a speed of 119 wins before July happens.

In 10-12, New York needs to clear Kansas City in four games to avoid the .500 mark or worse in the first month of this season. It’s entirely possible that they’ve just beaten one of the Royals’ best bats, but whether they finish 14-12 or 10-16 this month doesn’t matter. The problem was that there was smoke coming out of the Bronx, and the organization that loved to celebrate its vaccination list compromised those standards pretty amazingly quickly when they were able to spot the grin. by Jose Altuve in the rearview frame.

With Houston having played two to three games back since last week’s doubles, anything on the ice between KC and New York thaws really quickly. Yankee GM Brian Cashman started the season with upset about how there is no drought of the World Series because Houston cheated in 2017, so you know he knows where they stand in the standings and the Yanks’ 2-5 record against them. (He wasn’t wrong about 2017, he just sounded like a spoiled child.)

The team played nearly 40 games over the .500 (61-23) less than three weeks ago and is under little pressure to do more than ramp up rotation and get Joey Gallo as far away from the lineup as possible. Now, the urgency has come, and The Cashman can no longer leisurely stroll through the seller’s aisle in search of the best value. (My younger Yankees got Juan Soto and signed him to a lifetime contract, but that’s neither here nor there.)

In the end, a final-season series in Toronto – where anti-vaxxers are currently unwelcome – won’t matter, and neither will a potential post-season showdown with the Blue Jays, if Benintendi intends to get an injection. room. (Also, Andrew, what do you want, a damn Congressional Medal of Honor for acting like a sane person?)

There’s an incredible yearning for a professional sports organization that’s seriously ignited on the biggest stage by a galaxy’s butt clown. The Nets and Kyrie Irving are close, but if that brittle lunatic can avoid his appearance, I’m pretty sure an anti-vaxxer won’t seriously alter the outcome of a championship.

So I can scream all I want out of my soapbox about accountability, hoping that karma, fate or fortune favors the righteous, but we know this happens. how.

The real punishment for Benintendi’s bullshit will be a couple more years of laboring in the Missouri heat for a bad team because no brand is willing to take the headache of a slash .320 / .387/ his .398. However, a few years after joining COVID, it is foolish to assume that a professional sports organization will become the purveyor of social justice and prioritize pandemic over victory.

Maybe if the Yankees still burn and get past their opponents, they’ll stick their noses in Benintendi. No, and here we are, the same place we’ve been countless times during this damn pandemic.