Are the Yankees even good? (Braves 4, Yanks 0)

What a pathetic performance by the Yankee lineup. Swisher, Teixeira, A-Rod and Posada were all hitless. Cano and Jeter had bad at bats. It added up to another shutout. What a sorry performance. I don't care anymore if they want to trade people, because this team, as assembled right now, is going to have a very, very hard time reaching the playoffs. And even if they did reach the playoffs, it's likely this team would be destroyed. Absolutely smoked. Right now they look like they suck, and I'm getting tired of watching it.

Fans and management need to start asking themselves and each other whether the team is even good. They looked really bad today; listless, tired, in low spirits. Maybe someone needs to be traded. Because these guys are playing in a way that suggests that they don't care about the outcome. Of course that's not true. Of course the Yankees want to win and do care about the outcome. But they're not playing that way right now.

Every year the Yankees start slowly, reluctant to really push until after the all-star break. Well last year they failed to reach the playoffs. And this year they appear to be headed for the same fate. As I've said many times before, these games are just as important as the games in September. The Yankees will need to win 95 games to make the playoffs, and they are nowhere near on pace to do so. And they do not appear poised to make up the ground they are losing day after day with pathetic performances like this.

By the way, Wang looked just fine yesterday. 5 innings 3 runs 6 hits, and he could have pitched another inning or two if they hadn't needed to replace him in the lineup with a bat, since they did NOTHING offensively. Wang will return in 5 days against the Mets on "Sunday night baseball".

Edit: Looks like management has responded. Brian Cashman met with the team before the game (an 8-4 victory), ostensibly to tell them...that he'd really appreciate it if the team gave a bit more of an effort, if it didn't trouble them too much, that is.

Projection for this road trip: 4-5

Result: 1-3
Games remaining: 5