The Yankees enter Sport 3 of the ALDS towards the Blue Jays with only one homer and 21 strikeouts within the first two video games.
With their season on the road, hitting coach James Rowson is aware of what’s at stake.
“We have now full confidence in our guys,” Rowson stated Monday on the Stadium previous to the Yankees’ gentle exercise. “I’m not nervous concerning the punchouts when it comes to getting panicked. We have now a monitor file of all of the video games we’ve performed this yr and that speaks to how they will refocus and are available again. It’s two video games — two massive video games — however you possibly can’t panic. It’s important to proceed to battle and attempt to break via.”
However strikeouts aren’t the one facet of the offense that’s ailing the Yankees, who led the majors by a large margin with 274 homers — and in addition paced the majors in runs scored and OPS, whereas putting out on the third-highest price.
