Welp. Last night was more of the same for the suddenly-helpless Yankees, who closed out June with their sixth loss in a row — appropriately their longest skid since … last June. The Aaron Boone Era Yankees are nothing if not consistent in their frustrating patterns.
For last night in particular, nothing went right. Their ace got bombed, they weren’t crisp in the field, and their offense was held to two hits until the ninth. It ain’t swell around these parts.
There’s plenty of pressure to go around,
but who do you think bears the most right now? Ben Rice is a candidate, as until a solo shot yesterday, the likely All-Star had been very quiet with the bat in the past week and change. Could he be feeling the heat to keep up his torrid production from the first few months, given the wider struggles of the offense of late? Might it be Cody Bellinger, a likely fellow All-Star who has cooled off as well and carries a big contract that comes with responsibilities, particularly with Aaron Judge out? Or maybe it’s someone else, like impending free agent Jazz Chisholm Jr., one of the starting pitchers trying to keep the opponent at bay, or the bleakly anemic Austin Wells. There’s no shortage of options, unfortunately.
Today on the site, it’s a rapid-fire schedule before the matinee this afternoon. Peter will run our monthly GM poll, Madison will tackle the Rivalry Roundup, John remember the extremely mysterious Jack Quinn for our Yankees Birthday series, and then he and Kento will do the monthly check-ins on the AL Central and AL West, respectively.
Today’s Matchup*
New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers
Time: 1:35 p.m. EST
TV: YES, Detroit SportsNet
Venue: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY
*This is not the matchup, and feel free to ignore me if you don’t care about the World Cup. But the soccer fan in me is compelled to mention that Team USA faces Bosnia and Herzegovina in Santa Clara, CA tonight on Fox. Check it out and see if the USMNT win a game in the knockout round for the first time in 24 years!
