THANK YOU CURTIS GRANDERSON:
The only consistency other than losing for the New York Yankees has been center-fielder Curtis Granderson.
Without Granderson’s bat and glove the Yankees would not be in a slump, they ‘d be sunk worse than the 0-6 run the team is now on.
Grandy is easily putting up the best numbers in his career and MVP worthy with 14 home-runs, 31 RBIs, four doubles, three triples and 16 walks.
His last blast was off Tampa Bay Rays ace David Price, who had only given up a home-run to a lefty bat once before in is career to Phillies Chase Utley back in 2009.
It also gave the Yankees a comfy 5-1 lead, which was lost by the middle of the sixth inning, as they lost 6-5.
THE REAL DEAL:
Let me make something clear, the fact that AJ Burnett gave up a three-run homer in the sixth to Rays BJ Upton to give the Rays the lead and eventual win is utterly irrelevant.
Why?
The Yankees pitching has done plenty on their end to get the team in positions to win games, but the bats are completely dead.
Forget the older guys that the entire sports world has written off already; I am talking about Nick Swisher, Mark Teixeira and Brett Gardner, who have been useless in May.
Robinson Cano is hitting well, but is not near his potential yet because Cano can rip.
Here is a chart compliments of Baseball-Reference.com of the Yankee bats in April compared to May. The drop-off is not hard to see.
This will be a long summer in the Bronx if the bats don’t wake up now.
Despite of all the ageism banter about how Alex Rodriguez is 35 years old, I highly doubt he has all of a sudden forgotten how to hit. Continue reading ‘New York Yankees: Cleaning Up This Team’s Mess’ »





















