The New York Yankees newest superstar, Giancarlo Stanton didn’t hold anything back in his farewell Instagram post or his initial press conference.
Giancarlo Stanton took to Instagram to bid farewell to Miami prior to his introductory press conference with the Yankees. While mostly grateful, Stanton wasn’t afraid to deal some parting blows to the Miami Marlins organization.
Clearly, Stanton was frustrated during his time in Miami. He spent years playing on losing teams in an empty stadium. It’s only natural that he is going to feel some resentment towards the organization for never truly “going for it” while he was there.
He doubled down on these comments during his press conference, according to the Los Angeles Times‘ Andy McCullough. “You guys in the media have seen how it goes down there. No structure. No direction.”
It looks like Miami now has structure and a direction. Unfortunately for Stanton, the direction Derek Jeter and the Marlins want to go in is filled with trading big names and cutting costs. Putting a winning product on the field is not in the Marlins’ immediate goals.
It’s clear that Stanton is harboring some hard feelings with the way his time in Miami ended. Can you blame him? He thought the team was capable of putting together a winning season for the 2018 season. Derek Jeter and management felt otherwise.
Luckily for Stanton, his no-trade clause gave him serious leverage in deciding where to go. He vetoed trades to St. Louis and San Francisco before landing in the Bronx. He may still have hard feelings towards the Marlins, but in the end, he is getting exactly what he wanted. He is going to a team with a chance to contend for a World Series, he is still getting paid a boatload, and now he gets to be best friends with Aaron Judge.
I know a lot of people that would sign up for that—and I feel bad for those poor, innocent baseballs that those two are going to destroy for the next decade in the Bronx.