By acquiring the baseball rights to Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, the New York Yankees haven’t made an investment in a future infielder, but rather joined in the spring training / minor league circus to sell tickets that the New York Mets embarked on when they signed Tim Tebow. On Russell’s part, he gets to play “fantasy camp” and put on the pinstripes, if only until Seahawks’ camp opens, and fulfill one of his father’s dreams of him playing for the Yankees.
If this seems overly cynical, it’s because this move is born of cynicism, just like the media’s hype of this non-story.