When the Yankees signed Max Fried, I made a case that they’d obtained Jimmy Key 2.0 — an unflappable, athletic lefty who already had received the clinching sport of a World Sequence.
Having watched one-third of Fried’s first season in pinstripes, I’ve solely come to consider it extra.
First, a bit on Key, who I consider is the misplaced, instrumental determine that helped set off what has been three-plus a long time of uninterrupted Yankees success.
From 1989-92, the Yankees have been a laughingstock. What modified that was a farm system percolating under led by Invoice Livesey and Brian Sabean, the hiring of Gene Michael as GM to orchestrate considerate roster philosophy/development and the set up of Buck Showalter because the supervisor to professionalize the clubhouse and general seriousness of function of the group.
