Lupica is right when he says no excuses. Their attitude is downright embarrassing. The Yankees knew it was a sixty-game season. They knew they were susceptible to injuries. Two weeks ago, they were MLB's elite, along with the Dodgers. Now they're relying on an NHL-style playoff format just to make the playoffs:
"The great homegrown nucleus of Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres that was supposed to sustain them with championships for years to come? Flawed, all of them. Judge will seemingly always be felled by assorted muscle pull injuries and seldom be on the field. Sanchez, for whom the Yankee brass has stubbornly held such high hope, is in the opinion of many scouts now one of the worst players in baseball — a strikeout-prone, defensively-challenged catcher who has also been continuously plagued by groin injuries. And Torres, who is down with a hamstring injury, has proven to be barely adequate at shortstop at the same time he’s mysteriously having problems finding his way with the bat this year."
Torres is probably going to rebound. May be headed for MVP candidacies in the future.
But the fielding problems for Torres, Andujar, and Sanchez are inexcusable. It's just a matter of practicing.
Sanchez doesn't look like he's going to rebound. He's one of the worst players in MLB at a time in his career when he should be peaking. This year, he has 44 strikeouts and 13 hits in 96 at-bats.
Judge is always injured.
Flawed, all of them.
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