A Split Subway Series Leaves Both Teams Shrugging
The Yankees have gone 19-23 since Judge’s injury. They held a playoff spot then but now stand fifth in the wild-card race; Tampa Bay, Houston and Toronto would have the three spots, with Boston just ahead of the Yankees.
Without Judge, the Yankees have been very ordinary — like their neighbors from Queens — and last weekend’s sweep of the woeful Kansas City Royals was their only series victory in seven tries this month. Boone would not tie their plight to Judge’s absence.
“Look, I don’t think it’s black and white, either,” he said. “I think part of it was we had some guys go through some struggles. You can say that’s because Aaron wasn’t in there, which certainly could be a factor. But I wouldn’t say that’s all of it. We’ve had our share of struggles and I don’t think that’s all correlated.”
Source: The New York Times
