The Yankees’ latest loss was ugly enough on the scoreboard, but the bigger damage came in the way it played out.
A 6-1 defeat to the Minnesota Twins on Sunday pushed New York to nine losses in its last 10 games, and the frustration around the team has clearly moved past simple disappointment. The Yankees have already endured a seven-game losing streak, watched the AL East slip away, and now head into a four-game series against the Rays with Aaron Boone under heavier fire than ever.
The anger is no longer subtle. Fans are openly calling for Boone’s job, and the noise around Brian Cashman is growing too. After another flat showing, the mood around the team feels less like concern and more like exhaustion.
There were familiar explanations available. Aaron Judge is out.
Giancarlo Stanton has been out. Other players have gone down too.
Those absences matter. But they do not explain the sloppy baseball that keeps showing up, or the mental lapses that keep handing opponents extra chances.
Boone said the “concern level is high” and added that everyone, including the coaches, needs to do their jobs better. That message is not new, and that is exactly why it is landing so poorly now. The Yankees lose, Boone sounds measured, the clubhouse says the right things, and then the same issues return almost immediately.
Sunday brought another example. Anthony Volpe was charged with an error after misplaying a high chopper in the sixth inning, and the mistake helped Minnesota tack on two more runs. It was part of a stretch that has become impossible to ignore: the Yankees have made 20 errors in their last 15 games and allowed 29 unearned runs in that span.
That is a rough patch. It is a pattern.
Joe Ryan made sure the Yankees paid for it at the plate. He worked seven scoreless innings, allowed three hits, walked one and struck out nine. New York managed only five hits, one walk and 11 strikeouts, and did not get a runner to third base until the ninth inning.
The lone run came when Trent Grisham doubled and Ben Rice singled before Jasson Domínguez grounded into a double play.
By then, the game had long taken on the feel of another lifeless afternoon for a team that never looked ready to push back.
The Yankees also lost Jazz Chisholm Jr. to a right toe injury, while Ryan Weathers allowed four runs in four-plus innings and Camilo Doval was pulled into another messy inning after the Volpe error. The Twins’ win marked their first series victory at Yankee Stadium since 2014, and New York fell to 49-40.
Now comes Tampa Bay, with Cam Schlittler set to open the four-game set. It is another division test, and another chance for the Yankees to ask for patience.
Right now, though, patience is running thin. Fans are tired of the excuses, tired of the same mistakes, and tired of watching a team that looks too comfortable with losing. If the Yankees keep playing this way, the calls for change around Boone are only going to get louder.
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