THE YANKEES HAVE A BIG PROBLEM IN THE INFIELD!

I know everyone is buzzing over the Home Run derby we saw in Saturday's game. I admit, that was a lot of fun to watch. It was nice to see, and a nice reminder that this team can hit but it's not my big takeaway from the weekend. We need to hit but the defense is equally important and that was a huge miss.

It's a reminder for me, honestly. I am having horrible World Series flashbacks. The Yankees big defensive concerns from 2024 were on display again, in the second game of a long season. The Yankees committed 5 errors Saturday leaving a sour reminder for me despite a 20 run offensive onslaught. What a sour note in an otherwise exciting game.

I've had some people tell me "calm down, the Yankees won a baseball game with a football score. Enjoy it." It's hard to enjoy watching when Jazz Chisholm, Max Fried and Anthony Volpe each made an error and then Pablo Reyes made TWO at the hot corner. This is a problem.

Now we see how not having a solid third baseman could be the downfall of this team. I thought we could manage at least for a while, maybe trade deadline even but if this isn't just first time jitters with his new team we are screwed. This is the reminder that not having a solid third baseman could be a big weakness for us and Brian Cashman better be trying to work the phones and look for other guys placed on waivers....because I don't think Reyes is gonna work out.

Cashman has a history of going dumpster diving and looking for that guy who is going to be lightening in the bottle and surprise us all. The problem is, it fails more often then not. We all knew DJ LeMahieu wasn't gonna work out, but instead of reinforcing the roster which meant spending more money....we get Reyes because the Yankees don't wanna spend more right now. 

Looking back at Saturday, it didn't make sense for Aaron Boone to use Reyes here. Fried is a soft contact, groundball pitcher and the Yankees needed their best glove regardless of offensive production, and in no scenario of bench guys would that be Reyes. The Yankees don't have an ideal guy here, we all know this but I wouldn't have chosen Reyes there.

I know it is only one game, and I really hope I am wrong, but I don't think Reyes is the answer at the hot corner.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj

Like This? READ THIS:

DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE 9 HOMERS. ERRORS WILL KILL A FRANCHISE.