Andrew Velazquez, a Bronx native who became a Yankees folk hero during their 2021 playoff run, could be returning to the team.
The New York Yankees ' feel-good story of 2021 may be getting a sequel.In that season, the Yankees were two games out of a playoff spot on Aug. 12 when they tore off 13 straight wins — their longest winning streak since 1961 — to vault back into the race, ultimately capturing the second of what at that time were the two available American League Wild Card berths.
Their starting shortstop during that stretch, and for the final 28 games of the regular season, was Andrew Velazquez, an infielder who had spent most of his 10-year professional baseball career to that point in the minor leagues. But when Yankees starting shortstop Gleyber Torres went down with an injury, Velazquez was called up to take his place.For Velazquez, it was better than a dream come true, and turned him into a Yankees folk hero. He grew up in the Bronx a diehard Yankee fan, and played high school baseball at Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx. Now, he was living out his dream, playing for his beloved hometown team under the bright lights of Yankee Stadium.With his parents watching in tears from the stands, Velazquez hit the first major league home run of his career during that winning streak, at Yankee Stadium against the Minnesota Twins on Aug. 21.'It's amazing, it's amazing, it's amazing,' his mother Margaret Maldonado-Velazquez told the New York Post at the time. 'It's surreal. I don't know what other adjective to use. It's overwhelming.'Velazquez had been signed as a free agent by the Yankees in January 2021, released on July 16, then signed again the following day before getting his big call-up.More MLB: Do Not Count Red Sox Out of Roki Sasaki Signing Sweepstakes YetVelzaquez was the starting shortstop in the 2021 AL Wild Card game, when the Yankees faced and ultimately lost to their arch-rival Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston. But when Velazquez was lifted for a pinch hitter in the sixth inning after flying out in his only at-bat, he saw his Yankees career come to an end.Until no
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