The New York Yankees season is almost over. Six and a half games behind in last place to qualify for the playoffs and playing like a slum team, they have no chance of coming back.
This debacle began when captain Aaron Judge suffered a toe injury on June 3, which sidelined him for almost two months.
Since then, the Bronx Bombers are no longer a shadow of their former selves, posting a record of 25 wins against 36 losses and an overall OPS of .679. A disaster.
Even if it seems obvious that the Judge has nothing to do with the failures of his team, some criticize him for the setbacks of the New York formation.
Among them is Sal Licata of the SNY network. If you ask me who Sal Licata is, this probably explains it.
According to the main interested, Judge deserves some of the blame due to his absence and his game since his return.
Do we really have to remember that if the captain has been off the field for so long, it is because he is still playing at full speed, to the point of saving a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers by entering the fence with full force from right field?
Do we really have to remember that the Yankees were one of the worst teams in major league baseball during the two months he was absent and that even when he is present, he has a .415 average of appearances on bases, but that the rest of the team is unable to get him to score?
Do we really have to remember that the Judge is still not 100% physically, but that he absolutely wanted to return to the game to help his team, like a true leader?
Besides, for my part, he would not play for the rest of this campaign so that he can recover in time for the next season. He is so important to the Yankees.
No, but you really have to want trouble to criticize one of the best players in the league for the rout of an average team led by an average manager.
