CBS Sports | Mike Axisa: The Yankees salvaged the final game of their road trip against Texas, but it was undeniably a disaster all around — a 1-5 stretch right out of the trade deadline where they remade their bullpen and watched it implode immediately will sour just about any team’s mood. Unfortunately, it’s part of a larger run of play that has seen New York look rather unremarkable for months, and there’s a lot of culprits to look at: the aces on the staff struggling, the rotation as a whole lacking depth and failing to get deep in games, the bullpen blowing leads, several key bats flailing around, and a manager that is stumbling into odd personnel choices on a daily basis. The solution? They simply have to play better, at this point.

NY Daily News | Gary Phillips ($): One adjustment

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