New York Yankees mediocre offense is about to explode
By Cory Claus
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Last night, though, he showed the New York Yankees something they had not seen: He followed up one good game with another. And now his offense looks like it might have gone from slow burn to rapid fire.
Two nights ago, Stanton had one of those games. He went two-for-three with two home runs in the Yankees 3-2 win over Red Sox, another signature moment.
But this time, he followed it up with another more than a solid game last night. Stanton’s double and .400 OBP helped him add two important RBI and extend the current win streak to eight.
That’s something the Yankees had not seen from Stanton. Neither had the American League.
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Now it looks like they are all going to start seeing it a lot more. Everyone knows, based on history, talent, and age, that Giancarlo is highly likely to go on an incredible, MVP-worthy hitting streak. And that hotly anticipated hot streak looks like it has started.
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If that’s true–if Stanton and Gardy and Judgey and even Walker have all now started hot hitting streaks–then the Yankees are about to get real, real good. And that is saying something.
Remember when the Yankees won games 11-1 and 14-1? They haven’t done that in a while, and they haven’t done it consistently. That looks very much likes it’s all about to change.
This is the first time all year that all four of those players have been hot at the same time. And considering one of them is still a premier lead-off man, two are the most powerful men in baseball, and one could be the best number seven hitter in the AL, it’s possible the Yankees offense is about to show us something we’ve never seen before.
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That sounds like fun for New York Yankees fans, and something they are prepared for. Maybe not so much the rest of the AL, though. My best advice for them at this propitious moment, this turning of the tide, is: Be afraid.
Be very, very afraid.