If you look at the 2015 season as a whole, the New York Yankees offense has been very successful. Following Wednesday’s 6-2 loss to the Houston Astros, the team has scored 589 runs, more than anyone in baseball outside of the Toronto Blue Jays. If you instead choose to look at August, the offense has been what many predicted coming into the season, scoring just 91 runs, a spot that has them ranked 25th in baseball.
Many say that hitting in baseball is contagious, and currently, the inability to hit has spread through the Yankees roster like a virus, save for Carlos Beltran, who has had a great month of August, putting up a slash of .