The good news is the Yankees won yesterday and clinched their third consecutive series victory. The bad news is they lost Gleyber Torres to a right hip strain. He’s on the 10-day DL. The Yankees did not give a timetable for his return but they say the injury is mild, whatever that means. The All-Star break is eleven days away. Hopefully Torres can return shortly thereafter. Anyway, I have some thoughts on the state of the Yankees, so let’s get to ’em.
1. Losing Torres positively stinks and is a considerable loss — the kid is hitting .