The day by day updates on the Yankees’ record-setting win tempo have develop into a factor of the previous.
That’s what occurs when a team goes through a 5-10 stretch just like the Yankees are in, dropping 5 of seven on their just-completed highway journey.
However as confident because the gamers sounded once they had been rivaling the 1998 Yankees and different unstoppable groups, they’re not deterred by their present malaise.
“We all know we’re actually good and we all know we hit a snag within the season,’’ Aaron Boone stated after the Yankees suffered their sixth walk-off lack of the season on Wednesday, a 3-2 defeat to the Mets at Citi Field that dropped them to 66-33 on the yr.
“We’re equipped for it and we’re ready to deal with it,’’ the manager said. “We actually embrace a little bit of adversity and we’ll power through it. There’s no question in my mind.”
“The biggest takeaway is to stay strong,’’ Aaron Judge said of the recent tough stretch. “Fifteen games doesn’t determine a season. We’ve still got a great ballclub. People will be asking what’s going right when we win 10 or 12 of 15.”
They acquired a little bit of a spark after the loss, when the Yankees traded a trio of minor league pitchers to Kansas Metropolis in exchange for Andrew Benintendi, an outfielder who offers the Yankees some left-handed steadiness within the lineup.
Requested if the presence of Benintendi supplies one other side to a lineup that could be too reliant on energy hitters, Boone fired again.
“He’s another great hitter,’’ Boone said. “It’s fake news you can have too many power hitters. We’ve got savages in the lineup. Benintendi is a great hitter. He gets on base at a high clip from the left side.”
Earlier than the sport, requested about potential additions on the deadline, Boone stated, “We’re good. We all know it. However we additionally know we’re clearly very beatable. We’ve acquired to play our greatest to be the final ones standing. That’s what we’re engaged on, to strive to not let something get in the best way of that.
“And while trades can help, they can also hurt.”
They introduced in Anthony Rizzo and Joey Gallo a yr in the past.
“We felt that last year when [Rizzo] and Joey showed up in Miami, that was a big deal,’’ Boone said. “Definitely, there are those jolts that do occur, but they’re just that. They’ve got to play out. Sometimes moves are moves that put teams absolutely over the top and are game-changers and sometimes it goes the other way, too.”
They’re hoping Benintendi will be an asset for them.
“We have to keep playing baseball,’’ Rizzo said. “I think we’ve proven ourselves and we’ve got to keep proving [ourselves]. This is part of it. It’s easy when it’s going good.”
“Every team is going to go through adversity,’’ Matt Carpenter said. “There’s no doubt in my mind this team will get hot again and you’d rather go through this now than at the end of September.”
As Boone stated, “We’re unfazed. We know where we’re going and that’s our focus.”
