What a year it’s been for Dellin Betances. Maybe he didn’t have anything to prove, after all he had been one of the top relievers in baseball for the past three years. Just maybe though, he did. After all, Randy Levine just publicly trashed him over the winter for reasons that are still unknown. Betances said he was planning on putting everything behind him until Levine spoke. He was clearly hurt.
He may not have had to prove anything to anyone, but 2017 was going to be an important year for Betances. He came into the season with a chip on his shoulder.