Yankees: 3 horrific overreactions from NYY fans after playoff exit

The Yankees’ playoff exit was disastrous, but there were a ton of overreactions.

We’re not happy about the New York Yankees‘ playoff exit. In fact, we’re quite saddened. Anger took over at first, but the inconsistent performance was simply too draining to remain mad for 48 more hours. This team, as they’ve proven since their magical 2017 playoff run, simply doesn’t possess the “it” factor. The Yankees also don’t have luck on their side in recent decades (with the exception of 2009).

However, the manner in which fans have overreacted in directing the blame has officially gotten out of hand. There’s enough blame to go around, placing each and every player on this roster at fault. To chalk this up to one singular moment, one singular figure, or one singular decision is certified crazy.

Perhaps the last few days gave fans time to sit back and gather their thoughts. Perhaps not. But here are the biggest overreactions after the Yankees blew Game 5 of the ALDS vs the Rays.

3. Blaming Just About Everything Else Except for the Offense

The Yankees’ offense failing was the biggest culprit. End of story.

We’ll get into who pointed the finger at what soon enough, but the first order of business is acknowledging that the offense was the reason the Yankees lost to the Rays. Allowing two runs in a do-or-die Game 5 is not an indictment on the manager or the pitching staff. One run in an elimination game will advance your team 1% of the time.

New York scored 10 total runs in their three losses to the Rays compared to 14 in their two wins. In the losses? Fifteen hits, 12 walks, 18 runners left on base. That’s with a fully healthy offense against a very good Rays bullpen that was without key figures in Chaz Roe, Andrew Kittredge and Yonny Chirinos. But Tampa managed to get by with injuries!

It was the offense’s job to put the Rays under pressure, not the other way around. Tampa managed to put Gerrit Cole in bad spots in Game 5, driving up his pitch count and getting him out of the game after five innings of work. What did the Yankees do? They let Tyler Glasnow, who was pitching on two days of rest, survive the first inning on just eight pitches.

Aaron Judge batted .143. Luke Voit batted .111. Gio Urshela batted .105. DJ LeMahieu wasn’t great by his standards, hitting just .273. Three players performing that badly in your lineup is enough to cost you a series, and that’s what happened. Hold this group accountable, even though we all love Judge, Voit and Urshela very dearly. This is on them.