In what’s been a very stupid season for the Yankees, August was arguably the stupidest month yet. The Yankees mightily struggled over the course of it, going on a long losing streak during August. That dragged them under .500 and likely out of playoff contention after ending July in an at least tenable position.
Now that the Yankees’ dreadful August 2023 is over, let’s look back and the weirdest and dumbest moments for them from the month.
There’s going to be plenty of down notes to come in this piece, but here’s actually a decent one to start things.