CLOWN BOONE'S MISMANAGEMENT OF BEN RICE MUST STOP!

 "He is going to play against lefties." - Aaron Boone 

This is the garbage I am tired of hearing from Aaron Boone. Ben Rice is the Yankees hottest hitter and he has been sitting on the bench. There are some things that you just cannot explain because they are so bleeping stupid. This is the world we have lived in for a long time and it makes no damn sense!

For the third time in the last five games, Rice has not been a starter. Baboonie insists there is a method to his madness HERE, but not putting your best hitter on the field is not a method, it is just stupid madness. No disrespect to Paul Goldschmidt he has proven himself against lefties in his career, but the Yankees said Rice would get more playing time against lefties this season, and so far that is not what we are seeing. Rice is red hot right now, and teams find a way to put their best bats in the lineup even if it means getting very creative.....all teams except the Yankees.

So one way to get creative would be for the Yankees to start Rice as a catcher, but the Yankees don't want to do that. The Yankees did not start Rice behind the plate during spring training, so he is not stretched out to catch a full game. The Yankees wouldn't be in this pickle right now if they just gave Rice this experience during spring. We would also have another way to replace Austin Wells and his pathetic .167 BA. The Yankees failed to prepare like a winning team....so this is what we get to endure.

Right now, Baboonie sees Rice as a valuable bat off of the bench in high leverage situations, and that's it. He's not just a valuable bat that would benefit from regular playing time and keeping a potent bat in the lineup is going to give the Yankees the best chance to win. It makes no sense that Baboonie values his bat for just one appearance, but not four times? If that is such a great idea, he should do the same thing for Aaron Judge. None of this makes any sense and it's all just bad analytics.

Ben Rice is an everyday player. Players naturally have highs and lows, but when you have guys riding a high point you HAVE to put them in the game. Baboonie is running the Yankees like it is a Little League team and that is honestly an insult to Little League teams everywhere because they probably do a better job.

This is the logic that has brought the Yankees no championships since 2009. Rice needs to be playing every day! Boone is the problem, and I am sick of it! He's too incompetent to run this team. 

#FIREBOONE

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj