TAMPA -- The hopes and dreams of a young Mexican ballplayer were dying.
Luis Cessa knew it.
He was just 16 when turning pro in the spring of 2008 right after graduating high school, then two weeks later he moved out of his parents' home in Mexico to begin his career as a Mets farmhand in the Dominican Republic.
The Yankees made to the halfway point of their spring training schedule with a Grapefruit League-best 13-4 record, and along the way they've done a lot of good things and a few not-so-good things.