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the Yankees keep getting beat with our New York Post
Yankees beat writer Greg Joyce. See what I did
there. Uh What's up Greg, man, uh
, live from the Rogers Center up in Toronto,
man. This team has struggled down here in the
States and they're kind of struggling in their first game
of the series against the Blue Jays. So talk
to me, man. I know what the fans
and social media are saying about this slump. What
are the players and coaches saying? Yeah, there's
no question. It's been, uh, it's been
a rough patch. Uh, you know, they
, about 23 weeks ago, they were flying pretty
high. Uh, and then it's been, uh
, it's been a rough go here the last few
weeks but Aaron Green said yesterday that one of the
things he's most proud of during this stretch is that
he feels like in the room, it's, it's
been the same temperature, same, uh, kind
of, but I guess, uh, you know
, when they were flying high as, as what
it's been the last two weeks and that's kind of
, kind of the club as he wants, he
wants it even keeled. Um, you know,
and, and a number of players have said that
as well that there's, there's no panic in there
. Um, I mean, it's, you can
kind of chalk it up to the course of 102
game season. There's gonna be, um, a
little bit of a roller coaster and some highs and
lows. Uh, but it has been, there's
no question, it's been a little ugly here the
last few weeks. Uh, not like they're just
getting beat a lot of these, these games have
gotten out of hand early, uh, which is
what they had been doing to a lot of teams
, uh, in the first couple months this season
. So now it's, you know, they're going
through a rough pass. They, they're starting pitching
, which had been, uh, you know,
you know, their, their rotation had the best
, er, a, uh, in the game
about two weeks ago and since then it's been the
, the highest dr in the game. So,
um, and, and obviously their lineup has been
scuffling outside of Aaron Judd and Juan Juan Soto.
So it's not like it's just one area that's been
scuffling. They kind of do it collectively so they
keep on, uh, hoping to, to break
out of here soon, but it just hasn't happened
yet. Yeah, I love how you're kind of
alluding to how the rotation has kind of struggled and
I love how the players are kinda trying to stay
even killed as much as possible because everybody knows adversity
hits every team at one point throughout the season in
professional sports. So a slump isn't anything new but
you kinda touch based on the way that they're losing
. That is what has everyone frustrated mainly the rotation
. Why has this rotation not lived up to the
recent hype? Yeah. It's strange you would have
thought that, you know, they were so good
without Garrett Cole and then he comes back and you
would think that he get getting better, but really
, uh, it was right around at the time
he came back that, that everybody kind of,
you know, collectively had a couple of rough starts
. Um, and it's been that way a couple
of times to the rotation now, uh Carlos Rodon
was the latest one last night. Um, you
know, he, his, er, a is
risen almost two runs in his, in his last
three starts. Um, he is, his fastball
is just getting beat a lot early and often right
now, uh George Springer hit, hit two home
runs off the last night. He's just, he's
just not commanding it where he wants to and,
you know, he's mixed in some other pitches here
and there. Uh, but he, he said
last night he needs to continue to do that more
. Um, and so Marcus Stroman has the chance
tonight to, to be the stopper. Um,
they haven't had that and he pitched, I mean
, uh Nestor Nestor Cortez pitch while the last time
out and still didn't win, uh with the,
with the lineup sho but, um, you know
, they, they feel like they, they're capable
of snapping out of it and it's just a,
a funk here. But, uh, yeah,
the, the rotation really hasn't given them much of
a chance, um, in a lot of these
games lately, fans are hoping that Marcus Stroman and
the do-rag can be on point tonight. Uh They
got uh about a month into the trade deadline if
they can't clean this thing up and get out of
this slump by the deadline. You think that they're
gonna become buyers or sellers? Yeah, I think
they're, they're buyers either way, uh you know
, to trade for Juan Soto and his walk here
just to turn around and sell. Uh you know
, they really have to be all in this year
. Um And, and they have the, the
talent to do it and you know, if,
if they're going right and they're healthy, they have
Juan Soto, Aaron Judge and, and Garrett Cole
who are three of the top 10 players of the
game. They just need the, the supporting cast
around them. Uh It's not like basketball where you
can have just two or three guys kind of carry
the team and, and they'll do it on occasion
. And Juan Soto and, and Aaron Dutch have
had stretches here where they, you know, kind
of put the team on their back. But,
um, yeah, I would expect them to be
fired. You know, the bullpen has been in
fluctuate the last couple of weeks with guys coming and
going. I, I would expect them to add
at least an arm or two. The bullpen and
obviously, uh, corner infielder is an area of
need as well. Uh, just with some of
the injuries they've had with Anthony Rizzo and, and
then you have DJ Le Maheu and, and glad
to not playing up to the way they're, they're
capable of. So I think those are the two
biggest series of, of need right now. But
, uh they got a month here basically to,
to see what else they need and then, uh
, you know, on July 30th, I believe
it would be, it would be pencils down,
uh, three games left in the Blue Jays series
. They got one tonight. That's why you're at
the stadium. Now, two part question. Is
there a pressure on Stroman to get the rotation back
on track? And how important is it for them
to take this series? Yeah, I think every
pitcher wants to be that stopper. I take a
lot of pride in being the stopper. Um,
you know, the last couple of guys haven't,
haven't been able to do it, but, um
, you know, Stroman has, has been good
more often than not here. Uh, obviously he
has a lot of history here at Rogers Center,
so he knows his place. Um, so,
you know, he's gonna try to give him a
, a chance to win tonight. And, yeah
, it's, it's important. They, they,
their 1st 22 series, they lost three series,
uh, and now that they've lost four straight.
Um, and so they really, you know,
it is a division team like that's important. They
, they've had a kind of rough go in the
A L East, but they just need to win
a series and just kind of no matter who they're
playing and just kind of get back on track here
. Uh um, you know, sometimes you,
these things kind of thing can snowball and, and
you wonder if that's happening here, but it seems
like, you know, it's a four game series
here. They gotta get, they got at least
split just to kind of get back on track.
And, um, you know, they're gonna have
to, they didn't, they put themselves in a
hole last night, but going down in one game
, uh they gotta, they gotta turn around here
soon. Hopefully they can right some wrongs in GT
A, that's a greater Toronto area for those who
don't know, uh Greg, thanks for hopping on
with us, man. You got it. Thanks 00:06:04.410 --> Brandon.