Good start but….

[Messiah717]

7-2 after today’s loss which highlighted some things that will need to be addressed eventually.

The bullpen is simply not very good. I’m somewhat ok with Bednar as the closer. Hill and Cruz are the best of the pen and they’re being used as specialists really. The rest of the pen frankly stinks.

There’s a lot of low average holes in this lineup. Grisham you have to hope turns it around but everyone and his mother could see regression coming off what he did last season. They current have the worst bottom four hitters in baseball between McMahon, Jazz, Wells and Cabellero. I’m confident Jazz will come around and hopefully Volpe can get back and be competent.

 

[yankeesince59]

7-2 after today’s loss which highlighted some things that will need to be addressed eventually.

The bullpen is simply not very good. I’m somewhat ok with Bednar as the closer. Hill and Cruz are the best of the pen and they’re being used as specialists really. The rest of the pen frankly stinks.

There’s a lot of low average holes in this lineup. Grisham you have to hope turns it around but everyone and his mother could see regression coming off what he did last season. They current have the worst bottom four hitters in baseball between McMahon, Jazz, Wells and Cabellero. I’m confident Jazz will come around and hopefully Volpe can get back and be competent.

Yeah, this is something that has become a trait of Yankee line ups recently. Our first 4-5 hitters are a plus, but the bottom 3 are a "black hole" that completely kill a potential rally or bigger inning. And something that is not talked about much is that after the 1st inning, depending on who is batting 9th, it can be a very important spot in the order with the better hitters coming up next.

Last year I thought that in addition to their defensive abilities, McMahon and Cabellero would eventually improve their hitting. But they simply have not improved at all since then even though they should be seeing better pitches than the top of the order hitters.

 

[Messiah717]

Glad Rosario came through with a nice night. 8-2 is great but this is more about the long run and if this team can truly compete. The roster will need to be tweaked. That’ll be the key.

 

[yankeesince59]

^^^Yup, the bottom 1/2 of the order is a black hole...and Boone still insists son trotting Bednar out there every night...SSDD.

 

[Messiah717]

1-0 loss with one hit. A third baseman batting .067. Way too much shit in this lineup.

 

[yankeesince59]

1-0 loss with one hit. A third baseman batting .067. Way too much shit in this lineup.

Yeah, different year, same ole crap. Top heavy lineup with a "black hole" bottom half...(Chisholm, Wells, Caballero, and McMahon averaging around .150)

Cashman has once again provided us with a line up that is "not built for the PS". The first 4 or 5 hitters put up expected numbers but the latter part of the line up is so bad that they cannot put runners on base and extend innings/rallies.

And Hal refuses to grasp the obvious and still thinks Cashman and Boone are doing a fine job.

But a definition of "stupidity" is "doing the same things over and over but still expecting different results".

 

[Messiah717]

I see people saying they ran back the same team. That’s not exactly true because this bullpen is worse.

 

[yankeesince59]

^^^Yup...but Boone insists that Bednar is our "closer". ...WHIP 2.25 and ERA 5.40...of course, Chisholm didn't hep.

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[Messiah717]

Now currently sitting with a team battling average at or below .200. The bottom of the lineup is dreadful and the top with Grisham is just what you would expect.

 

[yankeesince59]

Yup, Cashman has once again saddled us with the same poorly built roster that we've been watching for years.

Feel bad for Judge...he certainly deserves better.

 

[yankeesince59]

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/time-admit-obvious-york-yankees-110038176.html

Time to Admit the Obvious About the New York Yankees​

The New York Yankees were just swept by the Tampa Bay Rays and have now lost five straight games overall to fall to 8-7 on the season, as many of the same issues that plagued the Yankees last year have reared their ugly heads in 2026, as well.

Bullpen. Poor lineup depth. A lack of timely hitting. An inability to manufacture runs.

These are all problems New York faced in 2025, and thanks to Brian Cashman largely standing during the offseason, surprise surprise, the problems still exist.

The Yankees watched as the Rays put on a small ball clinic on Sunday, laying down bunts, utilizing speed and actually getting hits with runners in scoring position. Those are all things New York has long had difficulty doing.

Am I advising that the Yanks start bunting regularly? No, but the fact that the Yankees seem almost incapable of generating runs without the long ball remains concerning.

New York has plenty of starpower. Aaron Judge. Giancarlo Stanton. Cody Bellinger. Ben Rice is on his way there, too. But once you get into the lower half of the order, you tend to roll your eyes if you're a Yankees fan.

And as far as the latter innings are concerned? It's hard to be confident, especially with this bullpen.


I'm not sure exactly what New York can do to improve its roster this season, especially with Hal Steinbrenner monitoring the payroll with a fine-toothed comb.

But it's becoming increasingly obvious that this Yankees ballclub is not a serious World Series team. Not as currently constructed.

Does New York have some pieces in place? Absolutely. But the Bronx Bombers feel rather incomplete as a team. We saw that last October when they lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALDS. We also saw it two years ago when they fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Fall Classic.

Too many holes exist here, and there really is no easy fix in sight.

Some feel that recalling Jasson Dominguez could save the day, but there is a reason the Yankees signed Randal Grichuk and sent Dominguez to Triple-A. They simply do not trust his defense in left field, and understandably so.

It's still very early in the campaign, so there is plenty of time for New York to right the ship. But let's be honest: if you have been watching the team in its current iteration for any length of time, you know the warning signs.

Right now, they're flashing all over the place.