At long last, the Yankees’ forgettable August is over.
New York went 10-18 this month and has just stopped hitting. Only Aaron Judge has been productive, or Anthony Rizzo when his back isn’t ailing him. The YES broadcast noted during Wednesday’s game that the Yankees had eight games in August where they had four or less hits and lost them all. A crushing and disappointing 3-2 loss to the Angels marked nine.
What was once a 15.5-game lead over the rival and then-third place Rays has shrunk to six games. Oh, and next on the schedule is a weekend series at Tropicana Field.