1. They can't hit. We love Ben Rice, but at day's end, the '26 Yankees are Aaron Judge's after-wind, and when ol' No. 99 falls into a well - and he is in a deep and scary one - Lassie can't go fetch help. It doesn't matter who's pitching, an ace or waiver pickup. Without Judge hitting, we become bowling pins.
2. The bottom third of the batting order is dead. Last night, Austin Wells homered. Great. It would be nice to believe his next HR will come before July. But what are the odds? Ryan McMahon went hitless. Again. More and move, he lookslike one of the Yankee lost Twilighters - Lance Berkman, Vernon Wells, Josh Donaldson, et al - (i.e. Paul Goldschmidt?) - former all-stars who botch their comeback attempts in NYC.
3. The bullpen is mimicking the Jets and Giants NFL template: We play a scoreless first half, then give up 30. Is Aaron Boone secretly using the Prevent defense? Last night, no matter how well Cole pitched, you couldn't ignore the looming 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th? No lead is safe. Ever.
4. The defense collapsed. Jose Cabellero botched a grounder, opening the 8th. Then Tim Hill flubbed a bases-loaded comebacker that could have been a DP. You don't get mulligans against Tampa. Also, Cabellero's error might create a situation at shortstop. Cabbie deserves to play, but after last night - he also got thrown out stealing, again - we'll probably see more Anthony Volpe. Is that a good thing?
5. The Yankees squandered Cole's great night. You know what he's thinking today: Six innings won't cut it; he's gotta go eight. That's how a 35-year-old goes back on the IL.
Down by seven in the loss column. The "Wild Carders" are back.
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It's May 23. I keep thinking of that Python sketch with the dead parrot -- see it here if you like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218
How is this team (or we the fans) . . . different?
I don’t think anyone should br surprised by this. “Running it back” was doomed to fail. People are overrating Caballero. He’s average at best, and does not always play at best. Of course, that’s better than Volpe who was the worst starting SS in MLB last season. Judge will eventually hit better, but it’s not outlandish to say the decline has begun. We’ll get Dominguez back in another month, but he’s not a transformative piece. Forget Jones. Catcher is a black hole. Stanton is…somewhere. The bullpen will be wildly inconsistent all season and is already showing signs of fatigue and burnout.
And then, there’s boone…
Game postponed until tomorrow...split admission DH..
The bullpen is very overworked. Not that good to start with, but being overworked makes them that much worse. Although you can make a case that last night's loss was due to the sloppy defense in the eighth.
Another disappearance by the offense didn't help. Is Judge hurt? Will Stanton ever not be hurt this year? What's up with Ben and Cody?
Can Clay still swing a bat?
"Chasing a wild card?" ROFL! You people are so funny! Oh how you make me laugh!
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