Yankees Have Me Running On 10

One of my co-workers said to me today that she knew I was “Running on 10.” Curious what that meant, I probed for further discovery. She said that meant my threshold, or patience level. When you are running on 10, you have essentially had it. Interesting. When I shared with her that the Yankees have dropped some key games that they should have won, she said, well that could get you running on 10! The Yankees are a quarter through the season and their performance is not quite where it needs to be.

“The Yankees’ offense took another hit this week when Giancarlo Stanton landed on the injured list with a left quadriceps strain (retroactive to May 14) shortly after Aaron Hicks ended up on the injured list with a tear in his wrist sheath that might require surgery,” reported The Athletic on Tuesday. 

Still facing concerns both behind the plate and in the batter’s box, Gary Sanchez continues to raise my 10. Between his past balls, and lackluster offense, Sanchez continues to put the Yankees at a disadvantage. Speaking of disadvantage, Jameson Taillon can’t seem to get it together over the last two starts. The Rangers hit him without fear as Taillon struggled with control and the Yankees struggle with consistent offense.

According to the New York Daily News Aaron Boone states that “there are things that suggest we’re real close. I certainly feel like we’ve been trending that way in the last few weeks. Obviously, we haven’t really broken through like we all know we’re capable of.” 

On the upside, the Yankees welcome back Gleyber Torres who was hot before testing positive for COVID-19 last week, DJ LeMahieu is playing more like “The Machine” and Aaron Judge, who was AL Player of the Week, is turning on the heat. It comes down to consistency and not losing to teams who they should beat, like Texas, Baltimore and the incoming Chicago White Sox.

According to The Athletic as of Tuesday night, “The Yankees are just 2 1/2 games behind the Red Sox, and the only relevance their division and league standings show at the moment is that they’ve performed well enough to have a chance at a highly successful season over their remaining 121 regular-season games.”

I would like to run on 10, if that means fuel in my tank leading to more productivity. I don’t want to run on 10 because the Yankees are aggravating me so much that I have to bring that attitude to the office. With three quarters of the season left there is a lot of baseball to play. These last few weeks should not define the Yankee season, but this is the moment for the Yankees to take a good look at where they want to be by July 1st and pivot to get there.