One of the Yankees’ obvious stated goals is to make the postseason this year. Aaron Boone also stated his intention to “keep running [Devin Williams] out there.” These two avowals are incompatible with each other, as demonstrated by yet another meltdown from Williams. In his last four appearances, Williams has a pair of blown saves, gave up the game-winning hit, and now surrendered three runs in the tenth inning to sink any chance of a Yankees comeback, 5-3.

Cam Schlittler’s principal issue since being promoted to the big league rotation has been a complete lack of command over his secondary pitches. That was on full display in the first inning, Schlittler putting his team in a 2-0 hole before they’d even had a chance to bat against likely AL Cy Young finalist Hunter Brown. MLB Trade Dead

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