Preach

The Yankees could actually be winless. Instead, they are just 1-4 and have lost three straight. And their response to this early-season swoon is not very complicated.

“We have to play better,” Chase Headley said. “It’s as simple as that. We’re better than that. We have to get it cleared up.”

The Yankees committed three more errors in Saturday’s 8-4 loss to the Red Sox and also had a passed ball. They also saw a pair of catchable two-out fly balls go for doubles and result in four Boston runs. 

“It’s plays we’re not used to seeing,” Joe Girardi said. “We’re used to making those plays. For whatever reason this first week, we haven’t been.”

In fact, the defense has been the primary weakness, which is saying something for a team that has batted below .200 and, on Saturday, had 19 straight retired by Joe Kelly.