Hitting guru Richard Schenck, better known as @Teacherman1986 on social media platforms, chimed in on X during the Yankees’ 8-4 loss to the Reds on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep in The Bronx.
“They’ve lost 13 out of 18 while he’s hitting like an MVP The Yankees offensive player development is terrible,” Schenck replied to a YES Network post on X that showed how well the Bronx Bombers have played when Judge is hitting well.
This comes about a year after ex-Yankees prospect Ben Ruta slammed the franchise for how they work with their minor leaguers and develop players, saying the organization was “getting too many of the same guys and trying to make everyone the same player.”
After a slow start to the year, Judge has been one of the hottest hitters — if not the hottest — in baseball the last two-plus months after he posted an OPS over 1.300 in both May and June.
Despite his and Juan Soto’s gaudy numbers, the Yankees’ offense has swooned the past month, and only one other Yankee (Alex Verdugo) not on the injured list and has played in who least 29 games this year has an OPS over .700 for the season.
Regardless of whether Giancarlo Stanton can give the Yankees a jolt when he returns from a hamstring injury suffered toward the end of June — which was expected to sideline him at least four weeks — the Yankees likely needs to get more from its offense outside of Judge and Soto
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