BOSTON — For the first two-thirds of Thursday night’s game at Fenway Park, you could have initiated a pretty strong argument about just which phase of the Yankees was the worst — their starting pitching, their offense or their defense.
In what is now a two-week-old season, the Yankees have done a poor job of harmonizing the team. There has been enough failure in one area or another — the bullpen or the base running or the ability to deliver in the clutch to sabotage the possibility of a strong start to this season.
But in the finale against the Red Sox — with a chance to win the first series of 2018 against their expected main AL East rival — the Yankees assembled the opposite of a masterpiece.