Aaron Boone clarified why he was unconcerned with his team’s most recent yearly summer slump as the Yankees went by in the last few days of June.
Each year is unique. Each group is slightly unique. At the time, the manager declared, “I have a lot of confidence in our team.” On other occasions, I haven’t been as hopeful or bullish.
Boone, always striving for an even-keel approach, added, I don t even know if we re necessarily that far into anything.
Now that August has here, the Yankees are in third place in the American League East, a division they lead by seven games on May 28. This is because they have been playing poorly for a long time.
Boone’s team was 1.5 games behind the Red Sox in second place and 4.5 games behind the Blue Jays in first place after losing to the Marlins in a weekend sweep.
The Pinstripers had a half-game advantage over the Mariners for the last wild card spot and a 2.5-game lead over the pursuing Rangers before Monday’s series opening in Texas.
In light of that, Boone momentarily abandoned the message that he has spread for the most of his managing career: everything will be alright.
Boone stated on Sunday, via the YES Network, that it’s getting to be time for a gut check. It s getting late. That’s all there is to it at the moment, but it’s definitely not too late for us, and I have no doubt that we will pull ourselves together. Until we start doing it, it is empty.
In response to the question of why he maintained his confidence, Boone reiterated his belief that the Yankees are a very strong club.
During that time, however, the Bombers had a worse record than the basement-dwelling White Sox, Pirates, and A’s, going into Monday 22-29 since June 6.
It’s not simply that the Yankees have been losing.For the past two months, they have been playing sloppy baseball constantly, frequently using their shoddy defense and stupid base-running errors to defend the Dodgers against their post-World Series accusations.
It seems like Boone says something can’t happen or that a play needs to be made almost every day. However,
With 23 games remaining against the dreary White Sox, Nationals, Twins, and Orioles, the Yankees are fortunate to have a relatively easy schedule. With the exception of the Twins, who recently had a fire sale, all of those teams are in last place.
Aaron Judge is also expected to return from a flexor injury in Texas, according to the Yanks. He will be a welcome addition to what is still baseball’s best offense, even though he will initially only bat first.
Mark Leiter Jr. is also supposed to rejoin the team in Texas, further boostinga once-battered bullpen that underwent significant upgrades prior to the trade deadline. The Yankees are a far better squad now than they were for the bulk of this span, even though those upgrades Jake Bird, David Bednar, and Camilo Doval didn’t make the best first impressions in Miami on Friday. They are joined by fellow additions Ryan McMahon, Austin Slater, and Jos Caballero.
Everything is in its proper place. As Boone has stated, this club has talent.
With fifty games remaining, it remains to be seen if these Yankees can pull together.
Boone stated, “I think we have a chance to be as good as any team we’ve had since I’ve been here.” That’s how I truly feel. We must do it, but it begins with me helping them get it out. And once more, I have no doubt that we will. There have been enough ups and downs, though—a few losses and a few victories.
We need to perform better.
