Brett Gardner #11 of the New York Yankees is held back by coach Marcus Thames #62 as he argues with the umpire Todd Tichenor after Gardner was ejected for banging his bat on the dugout roof complaining about the umpiring in an MLB baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City on August 17, 2019. Yankees won 6-5. (Photo by Paul Bereswill/Getty Images)
Whatever is going on with the New York Yankees very much seems to be internal. It has to be relative to the mental aspect of the game because this bunch is far too talented to be underperforming at the rate they currently are.