Bit of a long rant here but Volpe Derangement Syndrome is the most lucrative, unpatched method of revenue on Yankee twitter.
I'll always respect guys like Jomboy for not only growing the game but building such a successful business; there's an undeniable, profitable desire for Jomboy Media content — otherwise he wouldn't be as successful. Hell, I was one of his first subscribers years and years ago and I still enjoy a good bit of content that comes from their company.
But when the TalkinYanks admin gets on a burner and calls everyone that critiques the TalkinYanks posts worthless and directly admits posts are made for clicks over truth/honesty, it's easy to see why they drive home such an animalistic, deranged, non-baseball related hatred for one of their own young players — struggling or not.
You can see below what gets the clicks and what drives home the engagement. And I said before, it's admirable how successful they are at building this media brand up, gauging the "market" for what type of content there is a thirst for, and playing into it. And they know the biggest fanbase in baseball's got a sweet ole human punching bag, cash cow.
I think it's awesome Yankee fans basically have access to Boone's ear through Jomboy and really cool on Boone's part to lend himself to do that once a week. But I find it lubricious guys with direct access to the manager, who regularly interact with the players, are so shameless and lackadaisical about using said manager's young player as a cash cow punching bag.
And that's not to say he shouldn't be critiqued; he's been an enormous let down from his prospect status and definitely deserves his fair share of criticism. But I feel there should be both an obligation when you are 1) employed by YES 2) have access to the players/manager's ear and 3) run the biggest Yankee media outlet on twitter, to at least do so in a way that isn't shamelessly click baity.
You'll never see Johnny Giunta do this with a Blue Jays player
Type "Caleb Durbin" into Jarred Carrabis' twitter, all you see is support/professionalism
But you have TalkinYanks and the Jomboy guys farming their own punching bag while the most rabid fanbase in baseball goes at him.
As if I needed to be told to begin with...I've already been told by the admin on a burner that it's all for clicks and for brand growth when I brought up the fact that they do this shamelessly.