The Yankees didn’t just acquire another bullpen weapon when they traded Jose Trevino to the Cincinnati Reds for Fernando Cruz and Alex Jackson. They landed a pitcher who has been a diehard Yankees fan since childhood, a player who once defended the team’s honor in middle school arguments.
“I’ve always been a diehard Yankee fan,” Cruz told the New York Daily News. “When I was in middle school, I used to fight because you would never talk to me negatively against the Yankees. If you did, we were gonna have a discussion or an argument.