ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - APRIL 09: Aaron Hicks #31 and Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the New York Yankees celebrate after Hicks hit a 2-run home run in the third inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on April 09, 2021 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
Why don’t we add in a troubling home run drought to the list of damning statistics haunting the New York Yankees to start the 2021 MLB season?
Well, throw it in the trash, now!
In what feels like deja vu, the Bombers went down 3-0 in the first inning again to the Cleveland Indians on Friday night in a nightmarish half-frame from Jordan Montgomery.