Pressure mounting on Aaron Boone as Yankees' Losing Continues
The pitching staff, outside of Gerrit Cole, who has had his own issues to deal with in regards to his rumored use of Spider Tack to increase velocity, has been horrid.
On Sunday, the Yankees were crushed by the Philadelphia Phillies, swept in fact, by the score of 7-0. For the second straight outing a starter was gone before the fifth inning.
Domingo German lasted only 4.1 innings allowing 7 earned runs on 10 hits. That a day after Jameson Taillon was lifted after only a third of an inning on Saturday.
Least us not forget the offense has been staggering for weeks; heck all season in fact. Unless the Yankees are cracking home runs all over the ball park, they do not know how to score. They never hit with men in scoring position and fail at situational hitting.
At some point the blame has to rest on the shoulders of the manager. Boone snapped a reporter who asked if the club was getting used to losing.
Boone knows he has no safety net. He has no contract beyond this season. At 33-32, the Yankees are starring into an uncertain future. They head to Buffalo this week to face the Blue Jays. If they should lose that series, will it be curtains for Boone? Will the Yankees allow him to keep managing when the club returns to the Bronx next Friday against the Oakland A's? These are legit questions for a franchise that hasn't fired a manager in season since Stump Merrill in 1991.
Of course they had Buck Schowalter, Joe Torre and Joe Girardi to follow. So the Yankees have known nothing but stability for the better part of 30 years. A stark contrast to the hey days of George Steinbrenner when firing people was a common occurrence.
Will it happen this year? It could. But if it does, Brian Cashman has to look in the mirror because this is the team that he constructed. This is the manager he chose to replace Girardi, whose Phillies kicked the Yankees collective asses this weekend.
The pressure is on.
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