Minutes after the Yankees misplaced an unpleasant contest to the Blue Jays on Wednesday night time, Aaron Decide stated that he nonetheless believes he’s on an incredible staff.
By no means thoughts that the Bombers made 4 errors within the 8-4 defeat. Or that they totaled seven within the collection. Or that the loss put them 4 video games again of Toronto within the American League East and made them 11-18 towards division rivals this season. Or that the Yankees, yearly affected by summer time swoons, are 18-23 since June 6.
“That doesn’t change,” Decide stated of his conviction within the membership.
The Yankees, having already been swept over 4 video games in Toronto earlier this month, knew that their return to Canada wanted to go higher. Decide even stated Sunday, with the Yankees recent off a collection win in Atlanta, “It’s a good time to start getting hot.”
However the Yankees went on to lose 2-of-3 towards the first-place Jays whereas demonstrating the identical sloppiness that doomed them on the Rogers Centre the final time they visited.
Requested Wednesday if it was irritating that the Yankees haven’t been in a position to get scorching, as he had hoped coming into the collection, Decide replied, “Oh, it’s coming. We haven’t hit our hot streak yet, but we’re going to. And when it does, watch out.”
Maybe Decide is confirmed proper, because the Yankees usually enhance down the stretch. But it surely was a daring declaration given the present state of the staff, one which matched the even-keel messaging that has change into a staple of Aaron Boone’s managerial tenure.
That messaging has change into tone deaf within the ears of Yankees followers, however it isn’t within the staff’s nature to smash the panic button in a public setting. Decide did say, “We got a lot of things we gotta clean up,” significantly the protection, and that the staff must collectively “step up,” however his remark about an impending scorching streak stood out most.
Boone, in the meantime, insisted that the Yankees “have a very good defensive club,” and he painted an image of their fielding failures principally being restricted to the confines of Rogers Centre.
“I think it’s here and it’s in this building we haven’t played well,” Boone stated. “I don’t know if it’s just coming to the turf. That’s not really an excuse. It’s the same game, but obviously, I think in these two series, we’ve given them too many outs, and it’s cost us.”
The reality is fundamentals have been an issue for the Yankees for years, and it’s one that can should be fastened if this staff is to do something particular. Decide nonetheless believes within the Yankees’ potential, however that’s not going to be realized if, as he stated, a whole lot of issues aren’t cleaned up, beginning with the protection.
“We’ve got to, obviously, tighten it up,” Boone stated. “I’m confident we will. We continue to work at it. We have good defenders here, but tonight was obviously a rough night for us.”
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