I was shocked to see a tweet early this morning in reference to Anthony Volpe and his hitting woes. Read this:
And so, a minor leaguer and former teammate of Anthony Volpe in Austin Wells who now plays on the Somerset Patriots got together for some chicken parm and some hitting knowledge and there was a shift in Volpe's stance and just like that it was adjusted. Volpe was 2 for 4 last night with and RBI and Run scored. And I guess my next question is, where the hell is Yankees hitting coach Dillon Lawson?
I mentioned this in a previous piece about Dillon Lawson. He's not too in tune with what's going on with the Yankee offense, not to mention not doing much with Volpe. Back in May Lawson said this about our struggling offense. Yanks Go Yard has it:
"We care about winning games. I really don’t give a s— where we rank in offensive stats as long as we’re scoring enough runs to win games. We played the No. 1 team (Tampa) and went toe-to-toe with them. Some could argue that we could have gotten swept. Other people could say we should’ve swept them. You know which side I stand on. I’m not concerned. We have to do enough to win games. Where we rank is of no concern of mine, whether it’s one or 30, as long as we win the game.”
Now look, I think we all understand winning games, but if you're not tracking offensive stats, you really can't gauge how a club is doing offensively. I take it further... when it comes to slumps, I think that's where a hitting coach's money is earned. Volpe hasn't been lighting it up. He has his moments and ups and downs and that's normal for a rookie.
But at the same time, it's been confirmed from Volpe's mouth himself suggesting that it was
Austin Wells helping him make an adjustment in the box, NOT Dillon Lawson. And so, I guess my question is, what the hell does Dillon Lawson do anyway?
And let's dig deeper? Not that I give a crap about
Aaron Hicks because I don't, but how do you not feel sorry for him in Yankee pinstripes? The guy was literally lost in the Bronx... and clearly Dillon Lawson was nowhere to be found, because if he was, maybe, just maybe Hicks would have been able to work through his struggles and at least give us some quality at bats during his time in New York like he is for the Orioles right now. Looks like the best thing for Hicks was to get away from Lawson, who has been called one of the
laziest hitting coaches out there.
Lawson needs to do better, earn his money or be fired. I leave you with this; Steinbrenner made it very clear yesterday that Volpe is not going to be sent down. He made it clear that they are going to work on things with
Volpe. Steinbrenner was talking to one person... Dillon Lawson. When times are tough on a team offensively, you don't always need to look at a manager who must juggle hot and cold players to scratch out wins. You have to look closely at what the hitting coach is doing. Is he riding the coat tails of a prestigious franchise, or is he putting in the work? I say the latter. The fact that Volpe and Wells are able to figure out simple adjustments over chicken parm is very telling.
"Dillon Lawson is not the answer. The Yankees hitters can probably teach him a thing or 2 about hitting. Dillon was the Yanks minor league hitting coordinator since 2018. Here is where Dillon's been since
I'm not wrong. Wake up!
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