The Major League Baseball season is nearing the middle and the New York Yankees are still without “favorites” by occupying the fourth position in the East division of the American League.
With 4 losses in a row, the Mules have a record of 40 wins and 38 losses for a .513 in winning percentage, which also places them 6 games away from the American League Wild Card.
This position unsettles team general manager Brian Cashman, who did not hesitate to criticize the game of the most winning franchise in MLB.
“We suck right now,” Cashman acknowledged. “Trying to get us out of that is effort, but until we get in line and start playing high again, it will look bad.”
Respaldo a Boone
Cashman also took the opportunity to highlight the work of his coaching staff, who he took responsibility for the bad moment of the Yankees.
“This is not an Aaron Boone problem,” he said. “It is doing what it has to do, but we are not getting the results we need. They have my support. We are together in this”.
The bombers started with a negative record the first month of the season (12-14) and after a solid month of May with a record of 17 wins and 10 losses, there was another fall in June where they have managed to win 11 times against 13 falls.
The problem
Despite pieces in the lineup, like DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Luke Voit (absent for much of the season), the Bronx Bombers haven’t lived up to this qualifier.
Although they occupy the seventh-best home run record in all of the majors, in the rest of the offensive departments they are below the top 15 teams.
- Batting Average 17 (.235)
- Towed 27 (291)
- Runs Scored 23 (315)
When it comes to pitching, their team ERA is in the top 10 in the majors, but in runs allowed they drop to 20th.
The locality has not influenced
Since the 2017 season, Yankee Stadium has been a strength for New Yorkers, although this season has not taken advantage of that factor either.
Those from the Big Apple have barely .525 (21-19) in percentage of victories, when in previous campaign they averaged more than .630.
Even last season, which was played without an audience amid the pandemic, the Yankees were 22-9 (.710).
Undoubtedly the pressure in this situation will be a matter to handle both in the offices and on the playing field, for this reason Cashman bets on the unity of all to get up.
