After a Wobbly June, How Good Are the Yankees, Really?
- The 2025 New York Yankees have shown sluggish performance lately despite making the 2024 World Series, with a current record of 48-35 entering a series against the Blue Jays on Monday night.
- Their recent struggles stem from recurring summer swoons that manager Aaron Boone attributes to baseball’s natural randomness, noting similar patterns in past seasons and maintaining confidence in the team.
- In June, the Yankees offense hit.238, suffered five shutouts, endured a scoreless stretch over 30 innings, and dropped 11 of their last 17 games, while Aaron Judge leads with 30 home runs and 67 RBIs.
- Boone compared the offense to a.950 OPS batter struggling despite good skills, with DJ LeMahieu saying, "It's a long season" and that the team is "going through it a little bit right now."
- Despite offensive inconsistency, the Yankees remain second in the AL East, 1.5 games ahead of the Rays and two ahead of the Blue Jays, and hope reinforcements before the July 31 trade deadline limit the current slump.
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Why Aaron Boone and the Yankees aren’t worried after another June swoon
Following a loss to the Angels on June 18, Aaron Judge was asked how hard it is for Yankees hitters to trust their processes when results don’t follow. “For guys in this room, it’s not hard, because we got some great ballplayers in here who have been through good times, tough times,” the captain replied. “I’ve been through situations like this.” Then he added, “I think you guys asked us the same questions last June when we were going through it,…
After a wobbly June, how good are the Yankees, really?
NEW YORK — Crazy, isn’t it, how many times the Yankees’ trajectory has changed in the last few weeks. They’re ending June in first place, but to say it’s been a confusing month is only the G-rate version of the truth.
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