Savages and Pushovers

Last season, the Yankees were in good shape until they went to Fenway Park in mid-Summer, and got swept by the Boston Red Sox in 4 straight.

This season, the Yankees seemed to be in good shape until they went to Fenway for this current mid-Summer series against the Sox. They have now lost 3 straight.

In fact, the Yankees have 7 or more runs in each of their last 7 games. They've allowed more runs than in any 7-game stretch in their 117-season history. And they've won only 2 of those games, and only 1 of those without needing extra innings.

CC Sabathia started last night, and once again looked like a man who is retiring on time, or maybe even a year too late. He didn't walk a batter, so his control wasn't the issue. And it was 2-1 Yankees, thanks to a home run and an RBI single, both by Gio Urshela, going to the bottom of the 4th.

But CC allowed 5 runs on 9 hits, and didn't get out of the 5th inning. Chad Green got us to the 7th, but he allowed 4 more runs.

The final was Red Sox 9, Yankees 5. WP: Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4). No save. LP: Sabathia (5-6).

After the game, manager Aaron Boone said, "As I say all the time, it's inevitable that you're going to get punched in the mouth in a major league season, and we'll be up to the challenge. Our guys are too good in that room. We all know what we're capable of, and we'll get it going here, hopefully starting tomorrow."

"Too good in that room"? And here, I thought, based on what Boone said a few days ago, that his guys were "fucking savages in that box." Even if they were, it's not enough to overcome how much they're pushovers on that mound.

The trading deadline is Wednesday, 3 days from now. Brian Cashman hasn't made a deal to acquire a starting pitcher.

It's worth noting that Dallas Keuchel has a WHIP of 1.260, lower than those of CC, James Paxton and J.A. Happ, and only .005 higher than that of Masahiro Tanaka. Cashman could have signed him at any time between October 29 of last year, when he was granted free agency, and June 7 of this year, when he was signed by the Atlanta Braves.

This was supposed to be the year. Now, it looks like the big Division lead we had will fall apart.

Cashman appears to be doing nothing.

His fanboys act like he's a savage. He's not. He's a pushover.

This series with The Scum concludes on ESPN tonight. Domingo German starts against Chris Sale.