Story by
Yankees’ Aaron Boone lays out bounce back plan from ‘crappy’ Red Sox sweep
- Story by
- Yankees’ Aaron Boone lays out bounce back plan from ‘crappy’ Red Sox sweep
Yankees' Aaron Boone lays out bounce back plan from 'crappy' Red Sox sweep appeared first on ClutchPoints . Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here .
To say that the New York Yankees have been playing good baseball over the past week or so would be a straight-up lie. They have lost seven of their past 10 games, including a heartbreaking 5-4 defeat on Sunday to the Boston Red Sox in extra innings which punctuated a four-game sweep. It looked as though the Yankees were coming alive on offense at exactly the right time, but they ended up fumbling the bag in the 10th inning — with Fernando Cruz allowing a walk-off single to Jarren Duran .
Advertisement
It seems like everything is working against the Yankees right now, and it does not help whatsoever that they're missing key guys like Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton due to injury.
Nonetheless, Yankees manager Aaron Boone is confident in his team's ability to remain resilient in the face of mounting adversity, even as fans of the team start to panic a bit after losing their hold on the top spot in the AL East standings.
"That's what we do, baby. You gotta love this stuff. You got to eat this stuff up, it's a sickness. That's what the grind is. We got a really good frickin' team. We played crappy on this trip kinda. Feels bad, kinda pissed off, right. But that's what we do. It's what you sign up for. We'll dig ourselves out of it and get it going here in short order," Boone told reporters, via Talkin' Yanks on X.
Even with the Yankees being in a bit of a rut right now, they are still just one game back of the Tampa Bay Rays for the division lead. They are comfortably above .500 (48-35 on the season), and they can buy plenty of time for the likes of Judge and Stanton to come in and help propel them back to the top come season's end.
Advertisement
But they need to take it one game at a time, starting with a six-game homestand that begins with a clash against the Detroit Tigers on Monday.
Related: Yankees' disastrous Fenway weekend marks first since 1914
Related: Yankees' Fernando Cruz drops 'champions' truth bomb after Red Sox sweep
