If Yankees fans at this point could speak to team management, what would they say? Definitely several things and some not very pleasant. The fans of the Bombers are an audience that demands results and at the moment that is not happening and for this reason, let us try through me to write this letter to Mr. Hal Steinbrenner.
I think that after this sweep in front of the archrival Boston Red Sox, I find myself in the need to send you this message on behalf of millions of Yankees fans who at this moment are having even loss of appetite and sleep due to the situation of the team. .
I understand that because of the MLB Draft moved from June to July, practically no team wants to negotiate at this time and that is why I think that the first step is to move the current roster. At 40-37, the Bombers are now fourth in the East. If not this is the time to hit the panic button when is it?
Among the 26 players that today make up the Major League Baseball roster, there are several things that can be done:
Clint Frazier has failed. He just hasn’t been able to live up to expectations and it’s time to move him to the minors and call Hoy Jun Park, who is hitting .340 with a 1080 OPS. Park, barely 25, can play second, third, shortstop and center field, which makes him a versatile player who can bring fresh air to the team and other options, because I don’t know if you’ve noticed that the lineup has very similar players. The team lacks left-handed bats, fast runners, good ball players, and so on.
The other changes within the current franchise unfortunately have to occur in management. The Yankees hitting an anemic .218 with an OPS of .632 with runners in scoring position, making Marcus Thames’s tenure as hitting coach increasingly difficult to sustain.
The Bombers don’t usually change a manager in the middle of the season and this hasn’t happened since 1990, when Bucky Dent was fired by his father despite having a good friendship with him. At this point, Boone’s presence at the helm is something thousands of fans are questioning.
Look Hal, this team hasn’t won a World Series since 2009 and the fans are already wondering when it’s going to happen again. With great respect I understand that you are not the same person as your father and that you have your own style of managing the franchise, but from a baseball point of view, this team needs changes. 85 games remain to be played and mathematically the chances are still alive, but if nothing moves and waits for things to settle themselves, your dear Yankees, those that your illustrious father loved so much and that millions around the world adore, they will have another season left. in oblivion.
Mr. Steinbrenner, those thousands of Boston fans today screaming at the top of their chests: SWEEP UP! SWEEP! SWEEP! It’s stuck on everyone’s mind, just as stuck as the Yankees truck trying to get out of Fenway Park after today’s game got stuck in the parking lot door.
It’s time to move pieces, even if some of those moves are painful or radical.
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