Yankees' Postseason Hopes: Can They Overcome Injuries?
As the Yankees face a critical stretch, their playoff hopes hinge on players' returns. With recent struggles and injuries, can they rally to a postseason spot?
Video Transcript
The, Yankees have lost, three games in a row entering Sunday's play.
No surprise here that they scored two runs in three days, 'cause this is who the Yankees are.
And then naturally, again, we've everyone wants to fire the manager.
I mean, not understanding that you don't have Judge, you don't have Stanton.
Stanton, by the way, I think could come back sooner than Judge.
It feels like he's a couple of weeks away.
But it's the same reality for the Yankees every year, Tom.
They had that one, season, I think it was two years ago, where they got hot.
The bats got hot at the right time, and they went all the way to the World Series and then lost to the Dodgers.
This feels more or less like all the Yankees teams we've seen recently.
They win 90-something games, they make the playoffs, they win the first round, and then they run into a team that hits more than them, and then we reset and repeat.
Until they change the roster construction and get more guys that can get on base.
And, and look, Ben Rice did a nice job for them this year.
I get it.
But they, they simply have a lot of the same guys.
Nothing ever cha- And their pitching, by the way, is really good too.
But I just don't think they have enough slug, even with Judge and Stanton, to get to the World Series this year.
I don't see it.
But I do see them making it and winning a round and everyone screaming after they get knocked out again.
Same thing.
Right.
And it just comes down to the timeline.
If they're able to get that in order for October 1st.
You know, the, the order that I've seen is Stanton, Bellinger, Judge, in that order, is what they will be returning.
Can they get them all back in the lineup?
Can they all be healthy enough?
They're all gonna be getting, you know, firing on all cylinders at the same time.
Because just 'cause they're back in the lineup doesn't mean they're ac- they're actually in a groove.
Are they gonna go on rehab assignments?
How long is this process gonna take?
So yeah, as everyone says, like, they'll make the playoffs, but how they are peaking at October 1st is, will determine what kind of form they're in and will determine how far they go.
Pretty much.
Check back next month, is fair to say.
