Aceves Excels on the Mound With a Quirky Sort of Artistry

For Aceves, the Yankees right-hander who is scheduled to start against the Minnesota Twins on Thursday, artistry extends off the mound, too. He doodles in a sketchbook in his spare time, mostly cartoons and portraits. He likes to sing and play guitar, and he performed for the scoreboard one day at Yankee Stadium. Yet he has his limitations.

“When I first started playing, I started to try to make a song,” Aceves said recently. “But it’s so hard to do, so hard to do. You’ve got nothing. How do you start a song? That’s a good question. Ask someone and tell me.”