Uncomfortable questions arise as Anthony Volpe, Francisco Alvarez fall short of expectations
The push will be coming soon, if there isn't the beginning of a groundswell already. Why aren't George Lombard Jr. and Cam Schlitter being fast-tracked to the Yankees? Ditto for Jett Williams and Jonah Tong to the Mets?
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This is how it works in sports. The guy who isn't playing — who we are not seeing fully exposed at the highest level — is always the best answer. It is Backup Quarterback Syndrome.
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The guy offscreen just has to be better. 'Next' is always the best answer.
It feels like just yesterday — spring training of 2023 actually — when fans and media were in full chortle that if the respective New York teams did not begin the season with Francisco Alvarez and Anthony Volpe, then they weren't trying or were artificially suppressing service time or fill in some other nefarious plot hatched by devious front office folks.
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