At the first workout of New York Yankees camp, Hal Steinbrenner was asked to describe center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury’s seven-year, $153 million investment.
“We’ll see. Look, Jacoby is a great player. He comes to play every day, and he has been great with the young kids,’’ Steinbrenner told the New York Post. “The stats are what the stats are, but I’ve enjoyed having him on the club.’’
Although the principal owner, managing general partner and co-chairman couldn’t quite word his opinion of closer Aroldis Chapman correctly until he later clarified, Steinbrenner is right on the money when asked about the man with one of the highest salaries in the game.