New York Yankees: Chance Adams will only be stopped by his team, not opponents

The New York Yankees will be the only reason Chance Adams doesn’t succeed.

Pitching along with defense is the key to championships. Granted almost all of the 27 previous New York Yankees World Series Championship teams had great offenses but defense and pitching are what got them over the hump. The Yankees have not had a farm system full of MLB talent since the Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, and Andy Pettite days in the early 90’s. Seven World Series appearances and five World Series Championships later those five men will forever be immortalized for their amazing contributions as champions both on and off the field.

In the case of Chance Adams, the Yankees have a young fireballer who has done nothing but be the potential piece to the puzzle that they may need heading into the postseason. In October, every game is do or die and pitching is a necessity, luxury and major key to hoisting the Commissioner’s trophy. Adams may be the final piece to a new edition of young core Yankees leading the organization to championship #28 and beyond.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi was quoted when referring to the halt on Adams call up, “Comes down to command, using all his pitches, using his third pitch, that sort of thing,”. How he isn’t “ready yet” is baffling considering his numbers say otherwise. The Yankees have called up starting pitchers Jordan Montgomery and Luis Cessa several times throughout the season to fill the void when injuries occurred to Michael Pineda, Masahiro Tanaka, and CC Sabathia.

Montgomery despite being a quality replacement at the big league level didn’t have eye-popping numbers as Adams although respectable at 25-14 with a 2.57 era, 297 strikeouts in 62 games with a 64% winning percentage in four seasons in the minors. Luis Cessa, on the other hand, was even further from impressive compared to Adams, where in seven seasons in the minors Cessa posted a 42-39 record with a .358 era, 555 strikeouts in 124 games giving him a 51% winning percentage. Someone in the Yankees brass is clearly making a mistake.

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Chance Adams, in only two seasons in the minors has a record of 31-7 with a 2.33 era, 324 strikeouts in 66 games with an astonishing 81% winning percentage. For Montgomery, there is a good argument for why he’s in the majors but how Cessa finds himself on Yankees roster time and time again is a head scratcher. Cessa’s 0-3 record along with a 4.75 era is a constant slap in the face that the New York Yankees have this young arm waiting to be called up in Adams. Adams has just above 9 strikeouts per inning at 9.3, Montgomery 8.9, and Cessa 7.5.

As a young player dominating the competition these are numbers and comparison’s Adams is possibly looking at in his attempt to understand the road block the has been placed before him on his way to the big leagues. Men lie, women lie, but the numbers don’t. While the young stud is still mentally above the competition he needs to be in the majors, everything else is just jargon and excuses. There’s nothing like working hard and feeling unappreciated at your job.

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No matter what field you’re in that’s relatable, out of respect for his hard work and evident dominance, the New York Yankees owe that to Chance Adams. Once an athlete loses that mental edge there’s no way to retain that. Hopefully, when the time comes to promote Adams or Cessa, the choice is clear. Check the numbers again if there’s any hesitation.

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