In a 162-game season, losing streaks and bad stretches are inevitable, but things have seemed to go from bad to worse for the Yankees in the first month of the regular season.
An embarrassing 15-2 loss on Sunday afternoon ended their April as the Bronx Bombers watched the calendar flip to May while they sit in last place in the American League East. It’s the first time since 2016 that the Yanks had ended April in last in the division and that was also the last time New York had failed to make the postseason.
While it’s still too early to start pondering that thought, the Yankees’ struggles have raised plenty of alarm bells and put the focus back on the offseason moves, or lack of offseason moves by general manager Brian Cashman.
The Yankees have been dealt a number of injury blows already that have hurt them in the early going. Their pitching staff has been bombarded by issues, including losing the team’s only major offseason acquisition Carlos Rodon to a forearm strain.
Add to that injuries to the likes of Giancarlo Stanton, Harrison Bader, Josh Donaldson and now potentially an IL stint for Aaron Judge and the Yankees have found themselves in a real pickle. While the Yankees had managed to win despite some of their issues, the latest round of injuries has highlighted a concerning lack of depth among the team’s roster without some of their power hitters.
Until Anthony Volpe hit an RBI double in the third inning of Sunday’s loss, the Yankees had not scored a run in 15 innings of baseball. Dating back to April 10, the Yankees have had 14 games where they’ve scored three or fewer runs which is the most among major league teams in that span.
Judge had already been struggling a bit at the plate before he was injured last week in Minnesota and beyond that they have failed to get much production out of anyone else.
Oswaldo Cabrera has been a solid defensive player and someone the Yankees can use just about everywhere, but his offensive…
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