The Yankees Are In Full-Fledged Freefall

[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.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by 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.

Yes, I thought that was a weird day off as well. I was rooting for Judge to bat 400 this year, but that's looking like a tall challenge with his recent slump.