Yankee collapse continues; average margin of victory falls to just 2 runs

The Yankee blowout victory meltdown continued Saturday, as the troubled 2018 squad eked out a meager three-run win, once again failing to recreate the nine and ten-run bulges of late April.

Over the last five Yankee victories - (by margins of 3, 1, 1, 4 and 4 runs) - the average win differential stands at only 2.00 runs - far too close for comfort. In fact, in several games, opposing teams actually brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning! The latest five-game win margin has dropped dramatically from the previous five - (1, 10, 1, 1, 3 runs) - which offered a serviceable average of 3.06-runs. Yet both stand as a virtual free-fall from the 6.06-run Triumph Tab Total, that earmarked the sperm-spewing blowouts of mid-April. 

Unless manager Aaron Boone somehow can rally his troops, the Yankee victory margin could fall into 1.00-run territory - with games that are regularly decided in the late innings, sometimes balancing on one or two key plays. Such a nightmare scenario would crush the Yankiverse's hopes for a season of enjoyable, comforting, calmly delivered massacres. 

We need to staunch this season-threatening, lochian, vaginal bleeding... now! 

It's now been seven - yes, seven - long, terrifying games since the last certifiable Yankee blowout victory - an economical 11-1 frat party cruise over the then-mighty Angels. It now seems like last year. Clearly, the onus must fall on Brett Gardner and Giancarlo Stanton, whose failures to deliver have cost the Yankees several would-be laughers. Yesterday, had either player delivered a mere four or five-hit outing, the Yankee victory margin could have expanded to seven or eight runs - padding seasonal numbers and allowing mop up work for AJ Cole and David Hale, who have been incredibly underutilized. As it was, Stanton and Aaron Judge's collective 0-8 yesterday nearly ruined the victory for everyone. 

It sets up a must-blowout scenario today, with the Yankees desperately needing a 10 or 12 run victory margin. Unless this team changes course soon, mid-May could bring forth a long overdue housecleaning.