The Yankees woke as much as an off day Thursday, an opportunity to replicate on a troublesome collection in Toronto, calm down and possibly get away from baseball for a bit.
Slugging catcher Austin Wells discovered a unique solution to recharge earlier than a collection in opposition to the Phillies on the Stadium.
Wells hosted a camp for college students in grades 1-8 at Fordham College, utilizing the chance as a form of psychological refresher.
“It’s an awesome reset attending to be outdoors, not on a baseball discipline,” Wells mentioned. “Getting to assist out round right here and have enjoyable and take the morning to calm down.”
The Blue Jays lead the Yankees by 4 ¹/₂ video games within the AL East due to the Bombers’ missteps in Toronto and the Blue Jays’ 11-4 win over the Tigers on Thursday night time.
The Yankees’ points at Rogers Centre had been largely self-inflicted within the type of seven errors within the collection, 4 of them coming in Wednesday night time’s defeat.
The 4 errors led to 2 unearned runs and an 8-4 Toronto victory.
In addition they led to a well-recognized chorus from the fan base in regards to the Yankees’ lack of consideration to baseball fundamentals.
The errors had been paying homage to these made on the grassroots stage of the sport. Wells recalled his days at that stage Thursday.
“I went to a few faculty camps after I was a child at our native faculty, UNLV in [Las] Vegas,” Wells mentioned. “Even then, it was cool, attending to do some drills with some faculty gamers. Stuff like that is actually cool.”
There’s loads of time for the Yankees to straighten out their defensive points.
Somewhat than focus an excessive amount of on these, possibly the recommendation Wells gave these attending his camp can also apply to the Yankees.
“Have enjoyable” Wells mentioned, “You may get misplaced within the grind of baseball. So, simply popping out right here and having enjoyable … that’s the most important, [most] necessary factor.”
