Sunday’s no-show loss in Philadelphia, a 7-0 whipping by the Phillies, sent the Yanks into Monday’s off day with a 33-32 record that should be much better based on how good they keep insisting they are.
The Yankees also trail the third-place Blue Jays, who face the Yankees this week in Buffalo — already having taken two of the three previous meetings this season.
But Boone does have an edge that was on public display for a few seconds during his postgame news conference on Sunday.
Clint Frazier, Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres are the biggest offenders, yet players aren’t hit with an immediate benching.
Sunday’s awful infraction was committed by Odor, who dummied up in the seventh inning with the Yankees trailing seven runs.
When it wasn’t, it made you wonder if the Yankees’ woes have affected the in-game concentration of the player you’d least expect to lose focus.
Looking like he didn’t have a care in the world, Sanchez leaned down slowly and tried to retrieve the ball with his mitt instead of his throwing hand, enticing Segura to break for second.
We always hear from the Yankees how hard Sanchez works, how much he cares and how he’s getting better defensively, but these careless mistakes continue to happen.
Michael King subbing for Kluber is a big drop-off that became a necessity because supposed-future-star Deivi Garcia has been flopping whether he’s pitching in the big leagues or Triple-A.
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