The New York Yankees have fallen to the basement of the AL East and have gone 3-7 over their previous 10 video games.
The Yankees and Boston Pink Sox are very long time rivals. Former Pink Sox star pitcher and World Sequence champion Pedro Martinez did miss a possibility so as to add to the Yankees distress following a shutout loss to the Atlanta Braves.
Not solely did the Yankees fail to attain a run Tuesday’s sport, they had been held to only one hit and grounded into 4 double performs. Throughout the postgame present on TBS, Martinez didn’t maintain again when he delivered his evaluation on the present state of The Bronx Bombers.
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Former Boston Pink Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez walks by the batting tunnel earlier than the Opening Day sport between the Minnesota Twins and the Boston Pink Sox on April, 15, 2022 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. All gamers are carrying the quantity 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. (Maddie Malhotra/Boston Pink Sox/Getty Pictures)
“It’s unbelievable. It’s laborious to observe the Yankees go that means,” Martinez mentioned on TBS.
“I keep in mind watching the Yankees early within the season and after they had been going effectively, they regarded so assured. It was like watching a bulldog beat up on a Chihuahua after they had been taking part in these groups. Now, they seem like the chihuahuas to another workforce, particularly an excellent workforce just like the Atlanta Braves. It seems to be like no match.”
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Martinez’s Chihuahuas comparisons come because the Yankees may quickly see their streak of 30 consecutive profitable seasons come to an finish. New York postseason chances are high additionally on life assist.
The Yankees had been taking part in effectively in Could and early June and had a document effectively above .500. However since June 4 the workforce has gone 24-35. The toe damage to reigning American League MVP Aaron Choose probably factored into New York’s drop-off. Choose not too long ago returned to the lineup following a prolonged absence.
Pitcher Pedro Martinez #45 of the Boston Pink Sox is congratulated throughout Sport 3 the 2003 American League Championship Sequence in opposition to the New York Yankees at Fenway Park on October 11, 2003 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Yankees defeated the Pink Sox 4-3. (Picture by Ezra Shaw/Getty Pictures)
The Yankees have struggled to win collection over the previous two and a half months, going solely profitable one for the reason that begin of July. The lone collection win got here in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Royals — one of many worst groups in your complete main leagues.
“I don’t know what it’s, if it’s a confidence matter they’ve in that clubhouse, is it a personality matter they’ve,” Martinez mentioned. “Man, they shouldn’t look this weak.”
Aaron Choose #99 of the New York Yankees tosses his bat apart after drawing a stroll through the fourth inning in opposition to the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on August 15, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Pictures)
The Yankees had been dominated on this week’s collection opener in opposition to the Braves, shedding 11-3. Apart from Gerrit Cole, New York’s beginning rotation has largely underwhelmed this season.
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“(Tuesday), they didn’t play the cleanest sport,” Martinez mentioned. “They didn’t pitch the way in which they need to have though Severino regarded like he was sharp, he simply used his pitches the fallacious means.”
