There’s an old phrase, attributed to the great Maya Angelou: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
Four years ago, eight-time All-Star Aroldis Chapman evidently showed the Yankees who he was in a rocky final season in pinstripes, during which he pitched to a 4.46 ERA, missed nearly a month of action due to an infection in his leg stemming from a tattoo and decided to skip a mandatory workout four days before the start of the 2022 American League division series.
