If the Yankees really cared about culture or clubhouse tenor, then there would not have been a first season of Josh Donaldson, much less a second. They would not have signed Carlos Rodon, who somehow in mocking fans and publicly disrespecting his pitching coach managed to be as bad when he wasn’t pitching as when he was to a 6.85 ERA. They would not have traded for Alex Verdugo, who in his first public act as a Yankee during a teleconference with reporters took a not subtle knock at his former manager in Boston, Alex Cora, by mentioning that he expects his…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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