When players go down due to injury, other players have to step up and get the job done. It's what they get paid to do. And when they don't, fans get mad. Well over the past few weeks the Yankees haven't really been doing too great. Part of the reason is because there were a slew of injuries, including Aaron Judge. It sucks right now. But Giancarlo Stanton is there, and you'd think that he would be able to make things right with Judge absent, but it's not happening.
The New York Post writes:
"...he has been searching to regain any semblance of his timing and power stroke since returning from the injured list on June 2.Stanton now is batting .119 (5-for-42) with 15 strikeouts over his first 12 games since making it back from a six-week hamstring absence.
Those numbers include seven hitless at-bats with one walk and five Ks as the Yankees were swept — 6-2 and 4-1 — by the Red Sox in Sunday’s day-night doubleheader at Fenway.
“I just need to find my rhythm, pick the ball up a little sooner,” Stanton said between games. “The reps help, but at this time, I don’t have time to just take reps to get them under my belt. I need to [make] an impact when I’m in there, so I just need to figure it out.”
Yes, Stanton does need to figure it out, but once again, the idea of a hitting coach looking at tape with the struggling hitter, the idea of a guy titled "hitting coach" to watch a struggling player's approach at the plate and help him understand adjustments has to be part of it. I have news for you, if Dillon Lawson is NOT doing that, the Yankees should consider saving some money and just eliminating the "hitting coach" role all together.
Dillon Lawson is a waste of money and ill equipped to do his job. He's right there with Boone, both floundering at their jobs and yet, too arrogant to see that they are a huge part of the problem. We wrote about Lawson in YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT YANKEES HITTING COACH DILLON LAWSON SAID AFTER SWEEP TO SOX. We quoted what he said, but we need to show you the video of this putz:
Dillon Lawson on the Yankees’ offensive struggles:
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) June 18, 2023
“These types of stretches… they’ll beat you up… we’re flipping over all the rocks looking for any little advantage that we can”pic.twitter.com/zFTAtjKRn6
Pathetic. He looks pompous, arrogant and most of all, drowning. Yankees need to adjustments and some quick fixes. Sure, players need to take responsibility, but they also need someone to guide them, and they have none of that in the Bronx right now.
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