A Daily look at a summary of News and Rumors of interest for New York Yankees fans!
Derek Jeter:Â On January 21 Derek Jeter has been elected the Baseball Hall of Fame, short of a unanimous by one vote. Instead of being unanimous, Jeter finishes with the second-highest voting percentage ever and the highest ever for a position player.
There certainly is no shame in missing by one vote no matter how inconceivable it may be. He is still in the Hall of Fame. Jeter is sixth all-time in hits, a five-time World Series champion, a 14-time All-Star, and arguably one of the best shortstops in history. The one vote short had to come from a writer that just couldn’t stand seeing a Yankee go into the Hall twice in as many years with a unanimous vote. The identity of the voter who left Jeter off their ballot is unknown and it will remain unknown unless that person reveals their ballot publicly and that is unlikely.
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter. You’re either a Hall of Famer or you’re not, no matter the voting percentage. Jeter is now a Hall of Famer and Cooperstown is where he belongs. In 2019 Mariano Rivera became the first player in history to go into the Hall with a unanimous vote. Jeter was elected to the hall with a 99.75 percent vote. There is much talk around the Internet as to who the writer was that didn’t vote for him. It really doesn’t matter does it, Derek Jeter is in the Hall of Fame forever.
Roger Clemens: On Tuesday Roger Clemens hopes of being elected to the Hall of Fame were dashed. Clemens received 61 percent on their eighth ballot, revealed on Tuesday night. That’s up from last year when Clemens received 59.5 percent. However, it is doubtful he will ever receive the needed 75% of the vote needed for induction due to his involvement in the taking of performance-enhancing drugs.
Joe Girardi: At a recent banquet of the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association banquet was asked what he thought about the Astros sign-stealing scandal as reported by Commissioner Rob Manfred. What they were basically asking was do you feel cheated. In typical Girardi style, he answered by saying I don’t deal in what-ifs. Girardi is now the new manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. Some in baseball believe that if the Yankees had won that game seven in Houston that Joe might still be the manager of the Yankees. That is doubtful, but we, of course, will never know. Girardi being the class guy he is commented that sign-stealing between the chalk lines is part of baseball. He also indicated that when it’s outside those lines it’s not acceptable.
Clint Frazier: Opinion: The Yankee organization needs to move Clint Frazier. The reason, the Yankees just don’t need him. Clint has shown great promise in the past two years. He surely has talent, particularly with his quick bat swing. He has shown that he can hit for contact and hit the long ball.  He has shown at times that he can be a big-time major leaguer. He needs work on his defense for sure, but just as surely he needs to play daily in the major leagues to improve that weakness. Clint should be allowed to flourish with another team.  The Yankees also could get some value for moving him and should make it a priority.