The five biggest questions for the second of the Yankees’ season

What's going to occur with Joey Gallo?

It feels as if the Gallo experiment is coming to an finish. It’s tough to proceed enjoying an outfielder batting .164 who's relentlessly booed by followers. How a lot curiosity is there league-wide? When and if he's traded, will the Yankees merely slot in Matt Carpenter or strive for an outfielder who’s a greater fielder?

Will the Yankees chase Juan Soto?

The Publish’s Jon Heyman has reported they at the least will look right into a commerce for the Nationals celebrity. The prospect value can be unprecedented so as to add the slugger to an outfield that already contains Aaron Decide and Giancarlo Stanton.

Can they repair Aroldis Chapman?

Since he returned from a six-week absence for left Achilles tendinitis, the lefty has misplaced his nearer spot and his management, strolling six in 5 innings whereas permitting 4 runs. If the Yankees can faucet into the dominant reliever from years previous, the again of the bullpen would turn out to be scary.

Aaron Judge
Aaron Decide
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Will the rotation maintain up?

Luis Severino pitched 18 massive league innings from 2019-21; he has pitched 86 this season and now could be out with a lat pressure. Nestor Cortes already has surpassed his 2021 innings complete. The rotation has been remarkably wholesome, however issues stay that may result in a associated query: How a lot will they push to commerce for Luis Castillo, Frankie Montas and the opposite high accessible pitchers?

Will Aaron Decide catch Roger Maris?

Decide by way of 92 Yankees video games: 33 residence runs. Maris by way of 92 Yankees video games in 1961: 36 residence runs. Decide, who has performed 89 video games, is on tempo for 58 dingers, which might be three shy of Maris’ AL (and Yankees) file. Will he play each sport down the stretch to shoot for historical past?

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