Remember when all was right in the world and the Yankees were 8-2? Well, a week and five consecutive losses later, they’re 8-7 and can’t seem to score any runs. Sunday’s four-run “outburst” matched their output from the previous day, but they’d only scored five runs total in the first three games of the losing streak, and when you look at the averages in the box score it isn’t hard to tell why. Look away if you’re squeamish.
Batting Averages

And this doesn’t even include Aaron Judge at .214 or Clay Bellinger at .241. Everyone not named Ben Rice, Giancarlo Stanton, or Amed Rosario has been a huge disappointment thus far, but at least there’s good news — none of these numbers can last much longer. And not for nothing, but remember all those fans who were ready to run Anthony Volpe out of town? If you haven’t heard from them lately it’s because they’re busy planning his homecoming party.

But the main thing is this — we haven’t even gotten to the middle of April, and even with this recent slide, your Yankees are still tied for first place, and that’s never a bad thing.

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