Isiah Kinsler - Falefa New York's Newest Addition To Infield Is Making His First Start Of Spring At Shortstop For New Team Batting Lead Off As New York Faces Pittsburgh In Bradenton Florida Today

Isiah Kiner -Falfea played four seasons at the shortstop position for Texas.

In 2018 Isiah Kiner - Falefa played in 111 games, had 356 at bats, contributed offensively 43 runs, 93 hits , 4 home runs, 34 runs batted in 7 stolen bases. In 2019 Isiah Kiner Falefa played in 65 games, had 202 at bats, contributed offensively 23 runs, 48 hits, 1 home runs, 21 runs batted in , 3 stolen bases and had a batting average of 238. In 2020 Isiah Kiner Falefa played in 58 games, had 211 at bats, contributed offensively 28 runs, 59 hits , 3 home runs, 10 runs batted in 8 stolen bases and had a batting of 280. In 2021 Isiah Kiner Falefa played in 158 games, had 635 at bats, contributed offensively 74 runs, 172 hits, 8 home runs, 53 runs batted in , 20 stolen bases and had a batting average of 271. Though, Isiah Kiner Falefa wouldn’t stay in Texas after the 2021 season because he would get traded after the Major League Baseball lockout ended recently to Minnesota for catcher Mitch Garver on Saturday . Though, he wouldn’t stay in Minnesota long because he would get traded yet again! This time, to New York to the team that wears the pinstripes on Sunday.After being traded to New York to the team that wears the pinstripes Isiah Kiner Falefa expressed his excitement on social media (Twitter) by sharing the New York Yankees tweet welcoming him to New York to the team that wears the pinstripes with a comment! Always wanted to be like #2!!! (Derek Jeter) Let’s go @Yankees, posting a video of him shaving his beard with the caption This feels official on his social media account (Twitter) As New York, the team that wears the pinstripes doesn’t allow facial hair. That rule was put in place by then owner George M. Steinbrenner because he had a military background he attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana and served as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force. When Oscar Gamble arrived for his first spring with the team in 1976, the veteran outfielder had no uniform hanging in his locker. Gamble was told that one would be provided when he trimmed his 10-inch Afro.

“I have nothing against long hair per se,” Steinbrenner told The New York Times in 1978, “but I’m trying to instill a certain sense of order and discipline in the ballclub, because I think discipline is important in an athlete. The players can joke about it, as long as they do it. If they don’t do it, we’ll try to find a way to accommodate them somewhere else. I want to develop pride in the players as Yankees. If we can get them to feel that way and think that way, fine. If they can’t, we’ll get rid of them.”

In August 1991 -- one month after Mattingly recorded his lines for the third-season Simpsons episode -- manager Stump Merrill benched and fined his star first baseman over a refusal to trim his mullet, prompting Mattingly to fume that he was “overwhelmed by the pettiness of it.” While Mattingly and the Yankees resolved their differences, he briefly sported a goatee during his final season in '95.

From Jason Giambi to Johnny Damon to Clint Frazier and Gerrit Cole, the policy has remained intact in the years that followed Mattingly’s final at-bat, an expected requirement that accompanies collecting a Yankees paycheck.

Today Isiah Kinsler New York’s newest addition to the infield is making his first start of spring at the shortstop position for new team , batting lead off as New York the team that wears the pinstripes faces Pittsburgh today in Bradenton Florida.

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First pitch is set for 1:05pm from LECoM Park!

The game is going to be televised on ATT SportsNet- PIT!