-
Study: Pandemic aged our brains faster, whether or not we got COVID - 7 mins ago
-
Couple Check Pet Cam, Realize Cat Is Trying To Warn Them About Something - 14 mins ago
-
In Conversation with Brazil’s President Lula - 26 mins ago
-
How ICE is using the LAPD to track down immigrants for deportation - 48 mins ago
-
Top FDA Official Appointed By Trump Admin Departs After Three Months - 50 mins ago
-
Tsunami Warning Issued for Northern California - about 1 hour ago
-
Nationwide McDonald’s Boycott Planned For August 1: What to Know - about 1 hour ago
-
Democrats, This Is Our Moment to Lead. We Can’t Blow It. - 2 hours ago
-
Trump Ally Marjorie Taylor Greene Becomes First Republican To Label Gaza a ‘Genocide’ - 2 hours ago
-
Hawaii Evacuation Videos Show People Fleeing Tsunami - 3 hours ago
Yankees Receive Harsh Criticism For Consistent DJ LeMahieu Decision
🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.
The New York Yankees desperately need an infielder to replace veteran DJ LeMahieu. With Gleyber Torres leaving town over the offseason and Oswaldo Cabrera sitting on the injured list, the Bronx Bombers have been forced to play LeMahieu a lot.
The fact that LeMahieu is on the roster is shocking enough, but this amount of consistent playing time isn’t inexcusable for the Yankees.
FanSided’s Zachary Rotman recently issued some harsh criticism for the Yankees, their front office, and the coaching staff for how they’ve handled the aging LeMahieu.

New York Yankees/Getty Images
“Giving DJ LeMahieu a six-year, $90 million deal ahead of the 2021 campaign made sense given the player he was in 2019 and 2020 for New York even if the term was a bit steep, but blindly sticking by the veteran as he’s struggled for as long as he has does not make sense,” Rotman wrote. “Blaming Cashman at this point for giving LeMahieu the deal he did feels like beating a dead horse, but nobody is forcing him to play him every day or even keep him on the roster.
“The Yankees’ attachment to LeMahieu cost them a chance of adding a viable starting infielder, which has held this team back. Hopefully, the Yankees are willing to bench or DFA him by the deadline.”
The veteran infielder is well beyond his prime years. It seems as though manager Aaron Boone likes his versatility and leadership, but those are two traits that could be used by a bench player, not an everyday starter.
It’s past time for the Yankees to cut ties with LeMahieu. If they continue to trot him out there, the team is never going to get over the hump. He’s a massive void in the lineup and on defense for Boone’s team.
More MLB: Dodgers Predicted To Cut Ties With Talented Top-Ranked Prospect
Source link