When there are no consequences, you can live anyway you want to on the diamond. If everything is tolerated, nothing matters. And, if nothing matters, then why would the Yankees bother scratching and clawing back from 5-0 down against Nathan Eovaldi and the under-.500 Rangers?

If Alex Verdugo has job past September 1, and seemingly in perpetuity, why would he need to express any degree of dedication after his 250th rollover grounder of the season

When there are no consequences, you can live anyway you want to on the diamond. If everything is tolerated, nothing matters. And, if nothing matters, then why would the Yankees bother scratching and clawing back from 5-0 down against Nathan Eovaldi and the under-.500 Rangers?

If Alex Verdugo has job past September 1, and seemingly in perpetuity, why would he need to express any degree of dedication after his 250th rollover grounder of the season?

Sorry; “250th” was just a joke. Just a little joke. It was actually his 300th low-impact dribbler.

Since we now, formally, know that there’s no way he’ll get himself Verdu-gone until the end of the season (or, at the earliest, with 12 games left in the campaign), the time for feigning a dawg-like attitude has officially ended. Verdugo’s spot in the lineup is safe. Jasson Dominguez can homer all he wants in Syracuse; he’s not coming to the show. Aaron Boone already deployed his one (1) benching of the year on Gleyber Torres way back in early August.

Nothing’s coming Verdugo’s way, and besides, the Yankees are down by five, anyway. Who comes back from down five? Five’s, like, 100. Hey, get ’em tomorrow, Cap. I’m not gonna get ’em today.