It appears like two former Yankees greats are by no means happy concerning the group’s present state.
In the course of the FOX Sports activities pregame present forward of MLB’s Speedway Basic sport between the Braves and Reds that was suspended resulting from rain on Saturday, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez bluntly criticized their former group.
When requested concerning the Yankees’ back-to-back losses towards the Marlins on Friday and Saturday, Rodriguez wasted no time calling out the pitching performances.
“You can’t make this up,” Rodriguez stated. “I mean, look, you can bring in nine relievers, it’s not going to make a difference. I don’t care if you bring back their ’98 bullpen with Mariano [Rivera], Mike Stanton, and Jeff Nelson, if your pitchers are going 3⅓, 4⅓, it’s not going to work.”
The 14-time All-Star added that — even following the Yankees’ commerce deadline acquisitions — the group must “restructure” their roster.
“Here is my biggest concern,” Rodriguez stated. “You bring in seven guys and you’re still miles away from winning a world title. … You’ve got to restructure this roster. I like a lot of the players individually but together it just doesn’t work.”
“I’m not sure where you go from here,” he concluded.
Jeter echoed Rodriguez’s sentiment concerning the Yankees’ pitching, but in addition identified the quantity of errors the group has had in latest video games.
“They make way too many mistakes,” Jeter stated. “And you can’t get away with making that number of mistakes against great teams. It just doesn’t happen. They had base running mistakes today — you saw the guy getting thrown out at home plate. You can’t continue to do it. You have to clean it up.”
Moreover, Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a base working blunder throughout Saturday’s loss, getting doubled off at first base following a caught pop fly to Miami’s second baseman.
Jeter then stated that the answer for the Yankees was easy — they only must play higher.
“There are no excuses you have to play better,” Jeter added. “If you don’t play better you are not going to go very far.”
In a while within the section, Rodriguez chimed in and stated that there is no such thing as a accountability for the Yankees gamers this season.
“Where’s the accountability,” Rodriguez stated. “If any one of us made a mistake, we would be sitting out butt right on the bench. I see mistake after mistake and there’s no consequences.”
This comes after a disappointing July for the Yankees which has seen the group fall to 3rd place within the AL East with a 60-51 report, placing them 4 1/2 video games behind the first-place Blue Jays.
The Yankees look to keep away from being swept by the Marlins on Sunday at 1:40 p.m.
