The New York Yankees just got swept in back-to-back series. And Cody Bellinger isn’t sugarcoating it.
After Wednesday’s 6-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers — the team’s seventh straight defeat — the veteran outfielder let the frustration spill out in a postgame interview that didn’t pull any punches.
“It f****** sucks,” Bellinger told reporters, per SNY Yankees. “It’s a s***** feeling. You know, you want to contribute, and you’re not succeeding. It’s very frustrating… So, just gotta continue to work on it and grind it out.”
That pretty much sums up where this club is right now. The Yankees haven’t won a series since mid-June, when they took two of three from — wait for it — the same Tigers team that just swept them. Since then, it’s been all downhill. Detroit handed them a three-game sweep at home, then the Yankees traveled to Baltimore and got swept again by the Orioles. Their last win came on June 25. That’s a week and a half of nothing but L’s.
Bellinger is in the middle of his own personal nightmare at the plate. Over his last six games, he’s managed just one hit in 23 at-bats. No home runs. No RBIs. His batting average has slipped below .258, and the guy who once won an MVP is now fighting to find a rhythm.
“You want to contribute, and you’re not succeeding,” he said. That’s the honest, unfiltered version of what it looks like when a whole team goes cold at the worst possible time.
The Yankees are now 47-36 on the season, still in the mix for a playoff spot but looking nothing like a contender. The offense has gone silent, the bullpen has been shaky, and the kind of energy you need in June and July is just missing.
But they get a break Thursday before hosting the Minnesota Twins for a three-game series starting Friday. That’s a chance to reset. Or at least stop the bleeding.
Bellinger and the Yankees have to find something fast. Because right now, there’s no nice way to say it. It just sucks.
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