Why left discipline continues to be catastrophe for Yankees

Left discipline has been a multitude for the Yankees since Andrew Benintendi acquired an additional 12 months and more cash to sign with the White Sox as a free agent this offseason.

Jake Bauers made the beginning there in Thursday’s 8-2 loss to Tampa Bay in The Bronx.

Whereas the lefty-swinging Bauers had the Yankees’ solely two hits till the eighth inning, he got here up limping after he made a sliding catch on a Josh Lowe liner to finish the highest of the ninth.

Aaron Boone mentioned he thought Bauers was OK following the sport.

The Yankees left-field state of affairs, although, shouldn’t be.

They entered the sport with a .566 OPS on the place, a quantity dragged down by the struggles of Oswaldo Cabrera, Franchy Cordero and Aaron Hicks.

Hicks is still feeling tightness in his hip after leaving Tuesday’s sport with the harm.

He went by way of pregame Thursday and isn’t certain if an stint on the injured checklist will likely be vital.

“We need to get it out of there,’’ Hicks mentioned of the harm.

The long-struggling Hicks, who has been abysmal on the plate — and sometimes within the discipline — for a lot of the previous two years, was coming off two straight video games through which he had an extra-base hit, his first of the season.

He had extra imaging accomplished on the hip Thursday.

The Yankees’ outfield has been a little bit of a multitude for a lot of the season, with the workforce’s proper fielders combining for an OPS of simply .517, largely as a result of Aaron Decide was compelled to play middle with Harrison Bader out till just lately with a strained indirect.

Bader and Judge are back and Bauers acquired the beginning in left Thursday, with Willie Calhoun beginning at DH.

However the gap that was in left all offseason stays in place.

Cabrera hasn’t proven he can hit persistently within the majors after proving his versatility within the latter a part of final 12 months.

Giancarlo Stanton stays weeks — no less than — away from getting back from a left hamstring pressure.

And whereas Kole Calhoun, just lately signed to a minor league deal, continues to hit properly with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, he hasn’t been thought-about an choice to be referred to as as much as The Bronx.