In case you haven’t heard, the New York Yankees are a disaster of a baseball team right now. Coming into Thursday, the Yankees were 6-11 on the year with six losses in their last seven games. Just one week ago, fans were so upset with the team that a game was halted after baseballs were thrown onto the field in disgust.
If the Yankees thought about possibly turning a corner on Thursday, they got off to a miserable start against the Cleveland Indians. In the first inning alone, New York made numerous thoughtless mistakes that gave Cleveland a 3-0 inning off the hop.
Yanks are unwatchable. Look at this inning pic.twitter.com/gGAZc6cvFH
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) April 22, 2021
Those highlights — or lowlights, if you’d prefer — include:
- Brett Gardner missing a routine catch in left field.
- A ball sneaking through Mike Ford at first for an infield hit.
- Pitcher Domingo German fumbling a softly hit ball to allow a Cleveland run to score.
The German mishap was especially egregious, as everyone remained safe — and Cleveland doubled their score! — on a play that very well should have ended the inning.
The 2021 Yankees. pic.twitter.com/jIl5Gldbvl
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) April 22, 2021
The damage at the end of the first for the Yankees was a 3-0 deficit and a cacophony of errors that were excruciatingly painful to watch. Not only that, New York has not been able to overcome a three-run deficit to win a ball game this season.
The Yankees have not overcome a 3-run deficit to win a game yet this year
They're 0-7 when trailing by 3+ runs at any point
They were 3-19 (.136) when trailing by 3+ runs at any point in a game last season
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 22, 2021
Things just keep on going from bad to worse in New York, it seems.
[mm-video type=video id=01f1mdtsttje9hzesx playlist_id=none player_id=none image=https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/video/thumbnail/mmplus/01f1mdtsttje9hzesx/01f1mdtsttje9hzesx-2f4c2a3e938027097fce0849211fc4bd.jpg]