The Yanks acquired Wells on March 26th from the Angels and they haven’t looked back since. Currently batting a steady .280, with 6 HRs and 13 RBIs on the season, he seems to fit in well with the injury-stricken club. He’s molding in nicely with the melting pot, “Motley Crew” of newbie Yanks and usual minor leaguers to somehow pull off a winning record of now 18-12.
The ex-Jay great has been a 3-time All-Star, 3-time Gold Glover and Silver Slugger. He openly admits, that despite his many outstanding seasons with Toronto, he has secretly been a Yankees fan, cheering for them when the Jays get knocked out of the playoffs. Love this guy!
Fun fact? I was surprised to find out that he had played for the Sydney Storm in 1999 of the (*SHOUT-OUT*) Australian Baseball League. He plays a vital role this year because the “Robby Cano’s” and “Brett Gardner’s” can’t do it all on their own. It leaves us fans helplessly hoping for solid performances of fresh pick-ups: Wells, Hafner, Youkilis, and Overbay, also some fire lit under the asses of farmhands: Cervelli, Nunez and Nix.
The mix of Triple-A guys and “have-beens-we-traded-for-who-are-still-decent” have been doing shockingly well, without our household name players out on the field. Throw in the “big dogs” (who mostly all should be back by the All-Star break), amongst this team of “no-names” who have proved themselves to be AL East contenders and…you can obviously smell the sweet scent of October. 😉
