Maybe Chapman is just having a bad year, maybe he's just tired from overuse in last year's playoffs, maybe he hasn't fully recovered from his injury.
Girardi is being foolish and contradicting his own willingness to bench prominent players.
For example, let's use one example to slag on Ellsbury again:
"The Yankees are in the midst of a fight to stay in the American League
East race. They also want to hold on to the Wild Card. The Yankees
couldn’t afford to keep playing Jacoby Ellsbury when Clint Frazier came
up. They can’t continue to be unsure what they’re going to get from
their closer every night."
Ellsbury has won a couple of games recently with big hits. Not that he's making a run for the AL MVP or anything. But the narrative is bogus ... the Yankees "couldn't afford" to play Ellsbury instead of a rookie with a .274 on-base%.
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