Yankees Face Tough Challenges and Injuries in July

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00:00The Yankees got, me and you talked last week, how crucial it was going to be for them,

00:05especially if they lost that fourth game Thursday night in Toronto, which they did,

00:10have a big weekend against the Mets, which I guess you could say, George, they didn't.

00:16They leave it in worse shape than when they got in, and they're not even going to have Schmidt

00:19for the rest of the year. Tough scene for the Yankees right now, George.

00:24Yeah, listen, I don't know if it's going to go away anytime soon. All right.

00:29We were complaining about the offense for a while, right?

00:31Well, that offense over the week was averaging almost six runs a game.

00:34Offense isn't the problem here. All right.

00:36The pitching staff is falling apart, to put it nicely.

00:39You mentioned Schmidt is now out.

00:41More than likely, Schlitter is going to make a start this week.

00:44Tuesday and Wednesday, we'll see what he does for the Yankees here.

00:47But they've got issues up and down here.

00:48The bullpen is falling apart, to put it nicely.

00:52And have you seen the schedule for the Yankees for the rest of the month of July here?

00:56We have Seattle, then we have the Cubs, then you have Atlanta, then you have Toronto again.

01:02In Toronto, that really didn't go all that well this week.

01:05And then you have Philadelphia and Tampa.

01:08Good luck to the Yankees in July here.

01:10Listen, the tough times are not ending anytime soon.

01:15They're really not.

01:17Man, that is brutal.

01:19You're right.

01:19I'm looking at it now.

01:21That's brutal.

01:22Now, August is a lot better for them.

01:23There's a lot of Marlins and Nationals and White Sox and things like that in the month of August.

01:29But I think it just comes down to it, George.

01:31They're just not that good.

01:34I think we just have to call it like it is.

01:36They're just not that great of a team.

01:37And they'll still make the playoffs because when they face all those teams in August,

01:41they'll go on some 15 out of 20, 20 out of 27, something like that against those bad teams.

01:49And they'll put themselves in position to be in a wild card.

01:52But I don't even think there's a deal they can make, even if it's Suarez getting out.

01:57No, they need a legitimate third baseman either way.

02:00But I don't even think there's a deal they can make that makes them a legitimate threat to anybody in the AL.

02:06Oh, I agree.

02:08Coming into the year, we knew it was going to be a problem, right?

02:10As soon as Garrett Cole went down, I was like, uh-oh.

02:12All right.

02:13You know what?

02:14How much can you truly expect from the Yankees here?

02:16Then there's Louis Heal, right?

02:18So he goes, you're one and three starter.

02:19You want to say Heal was a four, fine.

02:21You're one and four.

02:23It's not going to be easy.

02:24Max Freed has been great.

02:25All right.

02:26Rodon has been, for the most part, good.

02:27Not so much this past week, but for the most part, good here.

02:30But that's about it here.

02:32I mean, right now, you're hanging on to Stroman, Warren.

02:36And as I said, I like Warren.

02:37He's a number five fine.

02:38But, I mean, you need to hit the pitch better now.

02:41Stroman, at best, is a five and fly guy, right?

02:44Get through your five innings.

02:45Give up your three runs.

02:46Have a five-point whatever ERA there.

02:48That's what you're hoping for.

02:49And the offense is going to have to continue to hit.

02:51But as you said there, they need a third baseman, right?

02:53And I don't even know if that's number one on the priority list anymore.

02:56They need a bullpen piece, too.

02:58If not more, they need a starting pitcher now, as well.

03:01There's a lot of holes on this Yankee team.

03:03And there's not going to be a one trade that's going to fix this.

03:06They would need to make multiple deals.

03:07And if I'm cashman, you may have to realize this may not be the year.

03:11You know, there's too many things going wrong right now.

03:14And they'll shop at the discount rack like they did.

03:16They picked up this Heimer Candelario that the Reds got rid of.

03:19You know, that's the kind of stuff that the Yankees will do.

03:22They can't find the quarters under the couch for anybody else.

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