The New York Yankees are making a drastic change to their coaching staff ahead of the All-Star break.
According to a report from Jon Heyman of the New York Post, the Yankees are firing hitting coach Dillon Lawson. The news came after the slumping AL East club fell 7-4 to the Chicago Cubs at home.
Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today, this marks the first time where Yankees GM Brian Cashman has fired a coach midseason. Cashman has been the GM of the Pinstripes since 1998.
The Yankees enter the All-Star Break with with a 49-42 record, having dropped four of their last five games. The offense has been in a drastic slump since Aaron Judge suffered a toe injury in the team’s June 3 road game against the New York Yankees.
Judge hasn’t played since that game, and the Pinstripes have endured quite the power outage offensively ever since. Among the key players slumping: Giancarlo Stanton (a .203 batting average), Josh Donaldson (.152) and D.J. LeMahieu (.220).
Click on ‘Follow Us’ and get notified of the most viral MLB stories via Google! Follow Us
The Yankees are one game behind the Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays (50-41) for the last two wild card spots in the American League. Though they’re seven games above.500, expectations were much higher for a New York team that won 99 games last year en route to an ALCS appearance.
New York’s first game following the All-Star break will be a road game against Colorado Rockies on July 14.
