Russell Wilson is absolutely loving Yankees’ historic home run parade: ‘Great Bambino is smiling!’

Russell Wilson is absolutely loving Yankees’ historic home run parade: ‘Great Bambino is smiling!’

Russell Wilson signed with the Giants, sat courtside at a Knicks game on his first day in town and is now posting on social media about the Yankees.

Yes, Wilson is fast becoming a New Yorker.

After the Yankees made history by starting Saturday’s game with three home runs on the first three pitches against their former teammate Nestor Cortes, Wilson reacted on X to video of the big swings by former MVPs Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge, the latter adding two more homers over his next two at-bats.

Aaron Judge had three homers through four innings for the Yankees on Saturday. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST

“So sweet!” Wilson wrote. “The Great Bambino is smiling! @Yankees”

Wilson is no stranger to the Yankees or baseball.

Once upon a time, Wilson was a two-sport star who was twice drafted by MLB organizations (Orioles in 2007 and Rockies in 2010).

He played two years in the Rockies’ minor-league system and was selected by the Rangers in the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 Draft.

The Rangers later traded Wilson to the Yankees for future considerations on March 2, 2018. The Yankees allowed him to play in a spring-training game — sending him to the plate as a pinch hitter for Aaron Judge against Max Fried of the Braves. 

Aaron Judge celebrates one of his homers. Robert Sabo for NY Post

New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson liked what he saw from the Yankees. AP

Coincidentally, Fried, who struck out Wilson in that at-bat, made his Yankees’ debut Saturday and was the pitching beneficiary of the home-run barrage.

Fried signed an eight-year, $218 million free-agent contract with the Yankees that falls short of Wilson’s career-best five-year, $245 million contract with the Broncos but far exceeds the one-year, $10.5 million contract Wilson just secured from the Giants.

Perhaps Wilson’s next move will be to join Giants head coach Brian Daboll at a Rangers game – one of his favorite spring pastimes.

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