Great Yankee Expectations 2021

We are one day away from the start of the Yankees 2021 season. And although we are starting the season with some key fixtures in the repair shop, the Yankees will open 2021 with 10,850 fans in the Bronx on Thursday, April 1st and there is no fooling with this team. Great expectations are upon the Yankees and the only thing stopping them is themselves.

According to the New York Post interview with the big three announcers of the Yankees, Michael Kay called the Yankees starting lineup equal if not better than the rest of the league, “I think their lineup is as good as any lineup in baseball. Every single one of those guys is gonna give you a quality at-bat and make it dangerous for the pitcher to attack him.”

To say that the “Savages” are back in business would be an understatement as the Warrior himself, Paul O’Neill had something to say about that kind of passion. “It almost becomes a mindset. It becomes kind of a team concept … being in there every pitch, having long at-bats, not allowing pitching to just mow through your lineup. Those wear on even the best of pitchers. Long at-bats and owning the strike zone are a big part of that.” 

And if these words don’t psyche you up for a great start to 2021, how about O’Neill calling out the “Warriors” of this Yankee clubhouse. “I like the way (DJ) LeMahieu goes about the game, I love the way (Aaron) Judge goes about the game. I think Aaron Judge a lot of times is overlooked how good a baseball player he is because he hits the ball so hard. … Luke Voit, another guy that you enjoy watching because he has a lot of intensity, everybody’s wired a little bit different, but some people need to grind every single day and some people need to just sit back and know that it’s gonna happen.” 

You have to read this article. Honestly, the big three call out the best and worst of the Yankees with the walk-up cadence that will warm you up for the next best thing: The Yankee in 2021. Great expectations are upon us my friends and the winners are us, the fans. “They feel like they’ve got more weapons this year, this is the best they’ve felt going into a season. Confidence is important in this game, and they look like they have it going into this year,” said David Cone. 

Baseball is back; the Yankees are back and we are about to embark on something great, something special this year. We at BYB are ready. Are you?

–Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof