The Yankees Are In Full-Fledged Freefall

[BobbyStrawberry]

The whole AL East is kind of a weird mess right now.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by John1941

Shutout three straight and in the three games before that they never scored a run earlier than in the 7th inning.

I don't know what's going on but it's painful.

Originally Posted by JINGRAMO58

Feel free to pile on, all you Yankees haters. I know you're out there loving it.

I'm loving it, but can't believe it's only been 26 years in 1999 since the Halos shut out the Yankees twice in consecutive games.

Going for a three-peat this evening.

In 5 games this season the Yankees lead by one, 9-8.

[SyrNy1960]

Yankees break out of their slump tonight! Go Yankees ⚾️

[Snapolit1]

Too much dead wood in their lineup. Prob worse than the Mets, which is saying a lot.

[John1941]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Too much dead wood in their lineup. Prob worse than the Mets, which is saying a lot.

I disagree. I think the Yankee lineup is decent from 1 through 9 - much more balanced than last year. Every position has an average or above-average hitter except 2b (LeMahieu/Peraza) and LeMahieu is looking a lot better than last season.

Even after this week of horror the Yankees have a 119 OPS+ for the season, and it's not just Judge. Taking Judge out of the equation, the Yankees still have a .238/.318/.411 slash-line (AL average of .240/.309/.394).

The Yankees have a solid line-up; the mystery is why they aren't acting like it.

[jayshum]

2 solo home runs for their only 2 hits through 5 innings tonight. Tied 2-2.

[John1941]

When Boone gave Judge a day off last Thursday I thought it would do no good - why give a break to a man who'd hit four homers in three days? Why break the momentum of a man on a roll?

Since then Judge is 2 for 24 with 15 strikeouts and the Yankees have scored seven runs in seven games.

For context, in the previous seven games Judge was 12 for 27 with 9 runs scored and 9 driven in - more runs scored than the entire team in the last seven games.

It's possible this is not Boone's fault and it's the fault of the Yankees playing sixteen games in sixteen days - or it could be something else entirely - but I can't help wanting to blame Boone.

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Too much dead wood in their lineup. Prob worse than the Mets, which is saying a lot.

(?) Swinging those torpedo bats finally taken its toll (?)

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I'm loving it, but can't believe it's only been 26 years in 1999 since the Halos shut out the Yankees twice in consecutive games.

Going for a three-peat this evening.

In 5 games this season the Yankees lead by one, 9-8.

Still loving it. The Yankees and Angels are now 11-11 in runs scored for their season series of 6 games so far. That's par for the Angels, but the pitching has been well above their norm.

Incidentally after tomorrow's game with Tyler Anderson starting, they will have had only five starters who have each started 15 of their 75 games. Now that doesn't happen very often on a decent team, but I'm not claiming they are decent.

[SAllen2556]

No worries Yankee fans, the trade deadline is coming up, so they can, as they do every year, just buy their way out of their mistakes. While fans of regular teams have to worry about a budget.

Baseball needs a salary cap like the other major sports.

And yes, I do admit to an irrational hatred of the Yankees.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

No worries Yankee fans, the trade deadline is coming up, so they can, as they do every year, just buy their way out of their mistakes. While fans of regular teams have to worry about a budget.

Baseball needs a salary cap like the other major sports.

And yes, I do admit to an irrational hatred of the Yankees.

The players union would never go for it but I would love to see baseball with a salary floor and cap.

[bk400]

I bet there are a lot of spendthrift multibillionaires who would love to own a midmarket MLB team and transform it into a juggernaut. I mean, Mark Walter is from Iowa and grew up a Cubs fan.

The fact that certain teams have stingy (but still multibillionaire) owners who choose to milk current income and clip coupons instead of either (i) splurging to build a winning franchise or (ii) selling to someone who is is unfortunate for the game.

But it's not fair to the dreamers like Steve Cohen and Mark Walter and Steinbrenner if they are penalized because Arte Moreno sucks.

[John1941]

The Yankees scored a run in the first on two singles and a groundout and three more in the second on back-to-back homers by Grisham and Goldschmidt (Grisham's following a single by LeMahieu) - what a relief - hope they are truly out of their doldrums.