Despite entering the 2020 MLB season strong, New York Yankees have emerged as one of the worst teams in baseball in recent weeks. They lost eight out of their 10 last games, and by falling to a 21-21 record, find themselves in danger of missing out on playoffs.
This hard fall of the Yankees, which included a 12-7 loss to Blue Jays on Monday even though they led 6-2 at one point, even caused the team’s manager Brian Cashman to speak out. Cashman organized a meeting with the team on Tuesday, in which he addressed his concerns about the team’s current form.
“It’s not something that we’re accustomed to, having a slide like this,” – Cashman told reporters after the meeting. “We’re used to better baseball than this, our fans deserve better baseball than this.”
According to Cashman, he didn’t have any harsh words for the players, and just wanted to encourage them to bounce back.
“[I wanted] to just remind them, first and foremost, that I believe in them,” – he added. “They all were acquired for various reasons, to come together as a group as a team for high expectations.”
New York Yankees opened the season by going 16-6 and then lost 15 out of their next 20 games. However, several factors influenced this change of form, including numerous injuries to the team’s key players. This included having four of their All-Stars – Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, DJ LeMahieu, and Gleyber Torres – on the injured list at one point. Since then, LeMahieu and Torres returned to the active roster, but Judge and Stanton might be out until playoffs. That is if the Yankees manage to get there.
