In his first comments since the Yankees lost to the Rays in an ALDS sweep, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner cited the offense as one of the reasons for yet another early postseason exit for the Bombers.
Steinbrenner was asked what changes the Yankees have to make to “get over the hump.”
“I was disappointed, frankly, with the offense throughout the course of the year as a whole,” Steinbrenner said Wednesday morning.
“As a whole, they were very inconsistent and for long periods of time. This has been twice now where the offense hasn’t lived up to their end of the bargain and got the job done. The offense was a big disappointment for me and it has to be better.”
Steinbrenner went so far as to call the Yankee offense “detrimental.”
He admitted that losing star sluggers Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton for over 80 games certainly affected them — with Judge not playing in the postseason — but he stated that he and the Yankees will be evaluating everything “from the top” when figuring out where their offseason priorities lie.
