Mediocre

There's really nothing else left to say.  The Yankees have had every opportunity these last eleven games to get fat and start figuring things out.  Every chance to make some hay and maybe give us a reason to be optimistic about the rest of the year.  But like clockwork, with a chance today to go two games over .500 for the first time since April 12th, they were obliterated in every facet of the game and their record promptly receded back down to 37-37.  This team is mediocrity personified. 

Now we aren't exactly at DEFCON 5 after going 6-5 against the Rockies and Twins but there's been absolutely no progress made with this team between then and now.  Still every game that this sad assortment of middle relievers gets their hands on slips away in an eye-blink.  Still the offense is an inconsistent, often times atrocious group that can't be counted on day-to-day.  And still 80% of the rotation is capable of taking the team right out of the game upon any given start.  Today it was Eovalid, who in the month of June has been unquestionably the shittiest pitcher in baseball not named James Shields.  

I'm way more concerned about Eovaldi than I am about the offense.  There isn't a remedy out there that can make this lineup more potent.  It is what it is.  Sometimes they're going to scratch a couple runs across and give you a chance to win if the formula works.  Sometimes they're going to be even worse than usual and give you no chance to win no matter who's throwing.  What's important is establishing a rotation of dependable pitchers who can get the ball to DMC with the game fully intact or with a lead more often than not and Evo has got to be dependable.  He's out there throwing 100 mph and nobody's flinching.  Nobody's buckling.  They're digging in and absolutely mashing home runs against him at almost twice as high of a clip as they ever have.  But it's not just him.  The team has been outhomered 95-76 this year.  The most relaxing place on Earth is in the batters box against New York Yankee starting pitching.

So I'll take it on the chin.  I said there was no way this weekend wouldn't be a sweep and I was wrong.  It still hasn't shaken my belief there's a higher power pulling the strings when the Yanks and Twins play.  It's the only reason Saturday's game came out the way it did but there just wasn't enough juice for today.  As real as the ghosts of this series are, that's how mediocre the Yankees are.