When Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez converse, Yankees followers pay attention.
They continue to be two of essentially the most vital gamers in Yankees historical past and had been cornerstones of the franchise’s final World Collection championship in 2009.
That’s why it made waves over the weekend when Jeter and A-Rod shared vital evaluation of the present-day Yankees.
“They make way too many mistakes,” Jeter, now an MLB analyst on FOX, stated Saturday in the course of the community’s protection of the Speedway Traditional in Bristol, Tenn.
“Way too many mistakes, and you can’t get away with making that number of mistakes against great teams. It just doesn’t happen.”
Jeter’s remark got here hours after Jazz Chisholm Jr. was doubled off of first base on a pop-up to the second baseman in Saturday’s 2-0 loss to the Miami Marlins.
That miscue occurred three days after Austin Wells left second base following the second out of the ninth inning in Wednesday’s 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, pondering there have been three outs.
“Where’s the accountability?” Rodriguez, additionally a FOX analyst, stated throughout the identical phase. “If any one of us made a mistake, we would be sitting our butt right on the bench. I see mistake [after] mistake, and there’s no consequences.”
Requested earlier than Sunday’s sport in Miami in regards to the former Yankees’ remarks, supervisor Aaron Boone disagreed with Rodriguez’s tackle a scarcity of accountability.
“Look, we’re the Yankees,” Boone stated, based on MLB.com. “When we lose games, if it’s in and around a mistake, that criticism is fair game. At the end of the day, we have all the pieces to be a really good team. That’s on me and all of us to get the most out of that.”
After Chisholm’s gaffe, Boone was seen going into the tunnel with the infielder. The YES Community cameras additionally confirmed Boone having an animated dialog with first base coach Travis Chapman within the dugout.
Boone later stated Chisholm suspected Marlins second baseman Xavier Edwards was going to let the pop-up fall, then take the pressure out at second to get the speedy Chisholm off the bases and permit Paul Goldschmidt to achieve first. Chisholm stated he wouldn’t have accomplished something in another way.
Sunday’s 7-3 to the Marlins capped a three-game sweep in Miami. Getting into Monday, the Yankees had misplaced 27 of their final 45 video games and fallen into third place within the American League East.
“We’re focused every day on being the best we can be,” Boone stated earlier than Sunday’s sport. “That’s how we have to do it. But I understand when it doesn’t happen, or we don’t have the record that I think we should have, or certainly people think we should have — that comes with the territory.”
