Yankees’ spiral worse than ‘rough patch’ after latest disaster defeat
NY Post
This isn’t just a “rough patch,” as manager Aaron Boone occasionally calls it. No, this isn’t just a tough stretch.
This is a Yankees team that looks like it’s in trouble. If this team wants to get where it aims to go, it better start playing like a champion.
More to the point, it needs to wake up.
This is a squad full of solid, seasoned veterans and isn’t playing like it. The 5-3, 10-inning defeat to the hated rival Red Sox on Friday before a sellout crowd at the Stadium is a new low point in a gathering storm of them.
The two-out, two-strike, ninth-inning home run to Red Sox contact man Masataka Yoshida wasn’t even the lowlight. Neither was the two-run home run by Ceddanne Rafaela in the 10th.
In falling to 4-14 over their last 18 games, the Yankees made what likely goes down as the boneheaded play of the year — a double blunder you’re more likely to see in a high school game. And what’s worse, it followed a memorable miscue the day before (more on that below).
The Jets were quiet on Day 2 of free agency after adding a new quarterback Monday.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Brett Berard has displayed both a fiery passion and an admirable patience in the last six months of his hockey career, which reached the NHL level for the first time at the end of November.
PORT ST. LUCIE — The baseball calendar says the Mets have about two weeks until Opening Day, but Francisco Lindor’s mind is on another timetable as these dog days of spring training pass.
The man with the best nickname on the team is one of the few Knicks who has made it this far relatively unscathed in the court of public opinion.
For a guy who seemingly is always headed out the door, Darius Slayton has a way of never leaving.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Rangers stood by their defensive structure in the immediate aftermath of their Weekend of Missed Opportunities, in which they had two chances to capture the top wild-card spot in the East and failed to do so in such disappointing fashion.
PORT ST. LUCIE — Luis Torrens helped inject life into the Mets’ season last year but now faces even larger responsibilities with the team.
The Jets are having a Fields Day.
SACRAMENTO — P.J. Tucker understands his reputation as a hard-nosed player who is willing to vocalize displeasure.
The Yankees have insurance on Gerrit Cole, which is a positive thing in a very worrisome situation.
Could’ve, would’ve, should’ve, oh, the Rangers might’ve had a weekend if they had only buckled down after taking a 3-1 lead into the final 10 minutes in Ottawa on Saturday.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Dodgers’ last two steps to a championship were eliminating the New York teams last October, and it is hard to miss how much of a better February and March Los Angeles is having as well.
The Jets kicked off free agency by keeping one of their own.