In a desperate move to ignite their offense, the Yankees are trying a different network tonight.
Initally, DJ & IKF are benched.
Cabrera gets RF.
McKinney has team's highest BA.
Apparently Yankees have not read the memo that BA's are up across the league this year.
NYY
Bauers, LF -- .232 (107)
Torres, 2B -- .252 (110)
Rizzo, 1B -- .265 (119)
Stanton, DH -- .211 (104)
Donaldson, 3B -- .260 (98)
McKinney, CF -- .290 (143)
Cabrera, RF -- .195 (86)
Higashioka, C -- .240 (48)
Volpe, SS -- .192 (75)
Severino, P -- 0-1, 6.48
BRS
Durran, CF -- .287
Turner, DH -- .281
Verdugo, RF -- .297
Devers, 3B -- .244
Refsnyder, LF -- .281
Casa, 1B -- .208
Hernandez, 2B -- .233
McGuire, C -- .265
Reyes, SS -- .305
Bello, P -- 3-4, 3.78
Game on ESPN.
NEXT UP: Tues, 6/20, 7 pm, vs Seattle
"Once Stanton comes back..."
He's played in 10 games. He's hitting .147 with 2 RBIs. Those came on his two solo homers.
"Once Donaldson returns..."
He's played in 11 games. He's batting .177
"When Sevvy gets back..."
He came into the game with an ERA of 6.48 and hasn't looked great again tonight.
"Once Rizzo gets back..."
He's batting .073 in June.
We have to be honest, Luis Severino has not looked good.
This is another point about players who get hurt often.
There is this expectation that when they come back, they'll be the player they were. Often times, they simply aren't.
We see this a lot.
The talking point is always, "When ___ comes back, the team will be fine." But ____ is often not the same player.
Severino isn't who he used to be. Not nearly. Might he get it back? Sure. But, it's just as likely that this is the best he'll be going forward.
To paraphrase the Scooter's scoring notation I will be NW (not watching)