{"id":61967,"date":"2020-09-08T01:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-yankees-must-tackle-shocking-reality-before-its-too-late\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T01:43:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T22:43:00","slug":"how-yankees-must-tackle-shocking-reality-before-its-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-yankees-must-tackle-shocking-reality-before-its-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Yankees must tackle shocking reality before it\u2019s too late"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How Yankees must tackle shocking reality before it\u2019s too late<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n BUFFALO \u2014 OK, so maybe you didn\u2019t expect the Yankees\u2019 first-ever excursion here to carry the kind of weight it\u2019s going to. It\u2019s all but certain you didn\u2019t expect them to come here looking up at the Blue Jays, who are using Buffalo as a homestead in this summer of the virus.<\/p>\n

And \u2026 well, there\u2019s really no way you would\u2019ve expected the Yankees to arrive here after losing three out of four to the Orioles, of all teams, at Camden Yards, of all places.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s where the Yankees were Monday night, readying to play their first game<\/a> at Sahlen Field and their first game this year as a third-place team. Somehow, shockingly, they entered Monday as the No. 8 seed in the American League. For a second straight year they have an Injured List All-Star team. For the second straight year they have relied on a cast of irregulars, who haven\u2019t seized the day as they did last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe league knows these guys now,\u201d Aaron Hicks said, a few hours before the Yanks-Jays series<\/a> began. \u201cIt knows who these guys are coming in. But that doesn\u2019t matter. At the end of the day, you have to win with the guys you have.\u201d<\/p>\n

OK. Now take a deep breath.<\/p>\n

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The Yankees celebrate a win over the Orioles.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If this were a normal year? Sure. Being eighth in the playoff hunt would be a problem. But, as we\u2019ve mentioned a few times this year: this isn\u2019t a normal year. This isn\u2019t anywhere close to a normal year. The Yankees \u2014 even the diminished Yankees \u2014 ought to be able to hold off the only two AL teams that are even in the hunt behind them \u2014 Detroit and Baltimore, improved teams this year but both teams that lost well over 100 games last year.<\/p>\n

This year, as much as any year, channel the old lottery commercial when you\u2019re thinking about the Yankees.<\/p>\n

In it to win it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to start playing better, every game is important,\u201d Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. \u201cNothing changes the urgency and importance in each game. I like our intensity and energy the last couple of days. We need to strike a balance between having energy and not being obsessed with results. If we can do that up and down the lineup the results will follow.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, in truth, right now, a No. 8 seed doesn\u2019t seem nearly as intimidating as it might. Across town, the Mets would right now sign up to the No. 8 seed in the NL \u2014 but that would mean a best-two-of-three date with the Dodgers, who have clearly been the best team in baseball across the season\u2019s first 5 \u00bd weeks.<\/p>\n

The Yankees?<\/p>\n

Even if they\u2019re a No. 8 seed, they draw the Rays. And, yes: the Rays have owned the Yankees this year. The Yankees have scuffled against Tampa. And there are, of course, lots of hard feelings on both teams. That would be one emotional two-out-of-three.<\/p>\n

But the Yankees also ought to be at full strength by then. And the Yankees at full strength, for the stolen segments of the season when they\u2019ve been at full strength, have been just about what we expected them to be \u2014 which app<\/a>roximates what the Dodgers have been.<\/p>\n

Plus, as we said: it\u2019s two-out-of-three in the first round.<\/p>\n

With Gerrit Cole as the Yankees No. 1 starter.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, things don\u2019t seem so bleak, do they?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to relax, be ourselves and we need to produce, we definitely have a team that can do that,\u201d Hicks said. \u201cBut we only have three weeks to do it. We believe we are still a team that can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, one of the important things to consider here is: they do have to start winning a few of these games. And it would go a long way for the Yankees\u2019 confidence if they could make a statement here in Buffalo against the young, swing-from-the-heels Jays, who entered the season with zero expectations and have mostly played like a team having the time of its life.<\/p>\n

They have been fun to watch.<\/p>\n

For the Yankees, there is still fun to be had in this season. There is still possibility. Right the ship. Get healthy. And just get in, baby. In it to win it. Start the mantra now.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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