Russell Wilson signed with the Giants, sat courtside at a Knicks recreation on his first day on the town and is now posting on social media in regards to the Yankees.
Sure, Wilson is quick turning into a New Yorker.
After the Yankees made historical past by beginning Saturday’s recreation with three house runs on the primary three pitches in opposition to their former teammate Nestor Cortes, Wilson reacted on X to video of the large swings by former MVPs Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Choose, the latter including two extra homers over his subsequent two at-bats.
“So candy!” Wilson wrote. “The Nice Bambino is smiling! @Yankees”
Wilson isn’t any stranger to the Yankees or baseball.
As soon as upon a time, Wilson was a two-sport star who was twice drafted by MLB organizations (Orioles in 2007 and Rockies in 2010).
He performed two years within the Rockies’ minor-league system and was chosen by the Rangers within the Triple-A section of the Rule 5 Draft.
The Rangers later traded Wilson to the Yankees for future concerns on March 2, 2018. The Yankees allowed him to play in a spring-training recreation — sending him to the plate as a pinch hitter for Aaron Choose in opposition to Max Fried of the Braves.
Coincidentally, Fried, who struck out Wilson in that at-bat, made his Yankees’ debut Saturday and was the pitching beneficiary of the home-run barrage.
Fried signed an eight-year, $218 million free-agent contract with the Yankees that falls in need of Wilson’s career-best five-year, $245 million contract with the Broncos however far exceeds the one-year, $10.5 million contract Wilson simply secured from the Giants.
Maybe Wilson’s subsequent transfer might be to hitch Giants head coach Brian Daboll at a Rangers recreation – certainly one of his favourite spring pastimes.
