Yankees: MLB uses brutal Luke Voit photo in win streak graphic

MLB tried to endorse the Yankees amid their eight-game winning streak, but made Luke Voit look like Jabba the Hutt.

The Yankees are riding high, taking eight straight games from the division rival Orioles and Blue Jays in powerful fashion, adding an exclamation point with every homer they bury deep in the bleachers.

Unfortunately, it seems like someone in MLB’s graphics department has a vendetta against the team — or, more specifically, MVP candidate Luke Voit.

The league posted a graphic celebrating the team’s recent hot stretch, and the photo they chose of Voit (who’s been hitting ’em to Detroit a lot lately) looks a lot more like someone who just macked on an entire Detroit-style pizza and then lifted his biceps in the air for a dorm-shattering belch.

Look at these Yankees, doing the baseball celebrations they do! There’s Gleyber Torres, pumping his fist! Aaron Hicks, rounding the bases and screaming, “Let’s go!” back at the dugout! And a big Space Worm, standing front and center raising his arms for a guttural grunt, celebrating Princess Leia’s imprisonment.

Could you really not find a better Voit photo? You could, right? I literally just did. Used it for this article. Do you need my Getty subscription?

Let me guess: The person who designed this is a St. Louis native?

Of course, I guess when you’re rounding the bases constantly while attempting not to grimace/ignite “foot stuff” updates, then your Dinger Face becomes a lower priority.

But still, 20 round-trippers! MLB surely had a more photogenic angle at their disposal, especially if they planned to pop Voit in there dead center.

This was a conscious decision, and we will not rest until we get to the bottom of it.

The real Voit, on the other hand, is noticeably lighter on his feet this year (though his feet are definitely going through it lately). In fact, his weight loss was so jarring that in early games, he looked a step slow, still trying to swing from his heels even though they were floating off the ground.

Hmm. About that.

If the Yankees offense wasn’t so stacked 1-through-9, Luke Voit would be carrying the Yankees. In this photo, though, he’s only carrying an invisible 200-pound barbell, and doing a pretty damned good job miming it.

Excellent object work, odd graphic decision. Hopefully, these notes get to the right person before the playoffs.

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