Stanton Officially Becomes a New York Yankee

Giancarlo Stanton doesn’t want any part of Home Run Derby

By: Fabrizio Salerno
Twitter:@fabriziosa1erno

After making the blockbuster trade of the offseason the New York Yankees got the 2017 NL MVP Giancarlo Stanton. This increased the Yankees chances to make the World Series after falling short the previous season. Yankee fans have been patiently waiting for Stanton to have his “Yankee” moment.

Stanton seems to be under performing and is starting to realize standards are different for Yankee superstars. He is currently on pace to hit over 40 homers and surpass 100 RBIs which is still normal superstar standard. Some Yankee fans still aren’t comfortable with him in the lineup because he hasn’t had a “Yankee” moment.

Last night the Yankees were tied going into the bottom of the ninth. Stanton steps up to the plate with two outs and two strikes.Then boom, he takes one to deep left center field and that marks his first walk off home run in the pinstripes. This could be the moment Stanton and Yankee fans have been waiting for as fans shouted his name in excitement.You can see the joy in Stanton’s face when he hit it because he knew this had become his 8th Home Run at home which is disgraceful for the former Home Run derby winner and MVP.

When he crossed the plate, you can see the joy in his teammates faces because they were all happy for him even more than he was. Just comes to show that this team knows to pick each other up when one is down. Shows that the chemistry is strong and they leave no individual behind. When the Yankees interviewed Stanton in the postgame and asked him if this was his “Yankee moment”. He simply said that he wasn’t’ “worried about making a signature moment”. He would then go on and say that “they grinded and knocked some off the board one by one”.

Looks like Stanton reiterated the statement that has been present in the Yankee locker room the whole time which is the team isn’t defined by one individual. When one player is struggling they gather together like brothers and pick each other up. Looking forward, this may be the spark that Stanton needed to perform at a more consistent level and put early season jitters in the past. Perhaps can lead to a strong push into the All-Star Break and beyond into the second half of the season.

Though it may be too early to think ahead, seeing Stanton break through his struggles is not only huge for the Yankees but for his confidence moving forward. He took that Yankee moment off his back and now he can let the game come to him instead of doing things to look good for the fans. The organization got you for a reason now it’s time to deliver.

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