We usually use this space to talk about the day’s starting pitching, since for 140 years or so your starter’s performance has had the single biggest impact on your team’s chances of winning. Headed into the third game of this four-game set with the Blue Jays, however, it’s somewhat obvious to me that it doesn’t really matter what Gerrit Cole does, if the lineup can’t find some way to make some kind of impact.
The Yankees have been shutout three times this week, including last night’s 4-0 loss at the hands of the Jays. In the last two weeks they have the third-worst offense in the game, just besting the Angels and the Tigers at a truly dreadful 68 wRC+.