I would have thought you were crazy if you told me on Opening Day that by the third week of the 2021 Major League Baseball season, I would be calling for Derek Dietrich in order to help light a fire under the offense. Nevertheless, here we are.
The Yankees rank second-to-last in the league in offensive fWAR and second-to-last in total runs scored and wRC+ in the American League. This horrific stretch of Yankees baseball has been one of the worst I’ve seen in recent memory. Not that you needed context for how bad they’ve been, but just look at how disappointing the bats have been this season in comparison to the rest of the league.