REGGIE JACKSON CONTINUES TO RIP THE YANKEES!

The Yankees have many problems, we all know this. Now, we are seeing how bad the CULTURE problem is more and more. This isn't going away any time soon.

Reggie Jackson went after the Yankees a few weeks ago... read REGGIE GOES OFF & HE'S RIGHT. Well... he's continuing. That's when you know it's bad.

Look, the Yankees didn't need a "deep dive" ordered by Hal Steinbrenner to see it. There's a massive disconnect between the people who call the shots and those who actually play or used to play the game. Instead, analytics from yahoos influence everything....and has broken the whole thing.

Two things stuck out to me over the weekend, one Aaron Judge's meeting with Hal and Brian Cashman. We all know Judge is right, the Yankees place value in the wrong data. Their obsession with launch angle is fruitless and insane, meanwhile Judge told Cashman the Yankees need to value batting average and RBI's. Let's add basic baseball fundamentals into that and by golly, I think the captain may be on to something!

What Judge values is what the Yankees should value because they contribute to scoring runs, which helps win baseball games! Of course, that is paired with good fundamentals like knowing how to bunt and running effectively on the bases. It sounds so basic, but he isn't wrong. Too bad I have zero faith that Yankee brass will actually listen to what Judge has to say and make the changes. After all, the Yankees goonies know better, right? (Sarcasm). The Yankees have a history of not listening to the right people.

But Judge isn't the only one who is pointing out what hasn't worked. Have you seen what Reggie Jackson had to say? Read it HERE. If this doesn't put a bad culture problem on display, nothing will. Reggie doesn't hold anything back. His Amazon Prime documentary that was released back in March, said the team made him feel like "a hood ornament" back in his playing days. Note he said that before the Yankees had their epic failure of a season. So, this wasn't Reggie shining more light on a bad season.

But seriously, Reggie is talking A LOT, lately. NJ.com also released THIS last month. It's pretty shocking to hear him say "opinions really don't get valued" within the organization considering he was so respected as a great Yankee. Pair that with his tweet from Sunday morning and it just adds more fuel to the fire.

Reggie's X post about Rob Thomson hits home for me. I was a big fan of Thomson during his bench coach days with us. I really liked him, and I did want him to be the new Yankee manager after Joe Girardi was fired. I get why he wasn't given the opportunity, because the Yankees wanted to go an entirely new direction and now in retrospect, we see that we got Aaron Boone, I hate that he is gone now even more!

I will admit, I am not as much of a fan of Carlos Mendoza as I was Thomson, but I agree with Reggie that he will be a big loss for the Yankees. I think he is smart to leave and go to the Mets and honestly, I hope he exceeds all expectations there because if he does, it's more proof that the Yankees are clueless and only know how to screw everything up. Both of these guys are great baseball men and I wish them luck in their managerial roles going forward.

Mr. October has spoken...and so has Judge. The Yankees would be wise to start listening and making some real changes before they destroy the entire organization.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj