Baseball Yankees Hot Corner – The Yankees’ defense is atrocious by Chris Passarelli April 10, 2019 Tuesday night was just another example of this, but the Yankees’ defense has been absolutely horrible lately. It’s been bad since Aaron Boone has taken over as manager and has cost them multiple games. Here are just a few lowlights from last night; Clint Frazier drops two balls in left field by making plays harder than they need to be Clint Frazier subsequently lets a ball that could have been caught fall in front of him Clint Frazier overthrows the cutoff man by about 50 feet (no exaggeration) Gleyber Torres and Jonathan Loaisiga both try to cover third base on a single through the shift Austin Romine with two passed balls and overall complete lack of concentration The amount of bad baseball being played by a good team is infuriating. Mind you that we haven’t even mentioned any of the offensive mistakes over the past couple weeks, including Brett Gardner not running out a bunt because he thought it was foul and essentially ending a rally on Tuesday night with a double play. Boone is not the manager the Yankees need right now because he’s all about analytics and so much less about true fundamentals. Miguel Andujar isn’t a good third baseman (even though he’s hurt right now), Gleyber Torres can’t catch a pickoff throw at second, and the Yankees are one of the worst defensive teams in baseball. Trust me in a few days if the ship isn’t righted, there will be a very length article on the incompetence of Aaron Boone. Houston has been a house of horrors for the Yankees, but it’s really just a highlight of what’s been going on for months; The Yankees need to get back to basics and learn how to catch and throw. There have been too many squandered opportunities to either hold leads or win games because of the defense, and at this point it is the Yankees’ Achilles Heel. What do the Yankees need to do to correct this? Quit relying so much on analytics and some overly produced practice and have some practice on ground balls, pop flies and cutoffs. For a professional baseball team, the Yankees sure look like amateurs out there in the field. It needs to change now before they put themselves in a deeper hole. Post Views: 866 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Chris Passarelli Football Editor - Hockey Editor - New York Islanders Lead Writer - New York Lizards Lead Writer - UConn Football Lead Writer Latest posts by Chris Passarelli (see all) NFL Network to Premiere ‘The Top 100 Players of 2020’ on July 26 - July 22, 2020 The ‘Toilet Bowl’ may be coming to Western New York - July 16, 2020 Bigger is Better; SoFi Stadium Completes Largest Videoboard in Sports - July 1, 2020 Smoltz, Vrabel and Brown talk American Century Championship and Everything in Between - June 30, 2020 Related TopicsAaron BooneAustin RomineBrett GardnerClint FrazierGleyber TorresMiguel AndujarNew York Yankees Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 Michael Jordan Could Change the Future of Nascar for the Better by Inesh Chari | posted on March 30, 2021 WNBA Rolling Out Red Carpet For Upcoming 25th Anniversary Season by Jason Cordner | posted on March 16, 2021 More in Baseball You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 108: WFAN’s Sweeny Murti (Audio/Video) On the 108th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... deGrom was not so deGrominant in Tuesday night’s game Luis Severino out at least 6 more weeks with lat strain