HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 13: Jacoby Ellsbury
Just when you start to feel like the tides might be turning in 2021’s edition of the Yankees–Red Sox rivalry, the Sox decided to celebrate Dustin Pedroia Day at Fenway Park on Friday…and Jacoby Ellsbury showed up.
He’s alive. He looks fantastic. And the Yankees need a center fielder. What perfect timing!
We’re not sure who has more ability to cover the outfield at this moment between Ellsbury and Giancarlo Stanton, but we hadn’t seen the former Sox-turned-turncoat since 2017 when, at the age of 33, he put up a prototypical .