On June 12, the Yankees were a season-best 15 games over .500 and a season-high four games in front of the rest of the AL East. And then it all fell apart. Nine days later, they are in the midst of a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them into second place.
What suddenly went wrong? Well, it’s been a combination of things – seven actually:
CC Sabathia, who tossed four scoreless innings in the first game of this skid before leaving with a hamstring injury, is weeks away from returning.