Austin Wells, Jazz Chisholm Jr. find different ways to justify clear mistake after Yankees' Game 1 loss

The New York Yankees need a dominant Cam Schlittler outing and a clean win on Monday more than Austin Wells needed a rewind button as he circled the bases in the eighth inning of Game 1. Drew Rasmussen did what he always does against the Yankees, but Wells' brain fart stole the narrative before the game wrapped. The series is still up for grabs, but ... man, this team needs a cleansing very badly.

After Game 1, there was some contrition from Wells, who admitted he didn't lock eyes with Luis Rojas, didn't see the stop sign until it was too late (it was up for a while), and knows he perceived it wrong, believing the ball had bounced around more than it did.

There wasn't that much contrition, though. Wells still managed to equate the blunder to "risk-taking". He admitted that this particular risk was wrong (easy when you're out), but couldn't commit to a similar risk in a similar situation being foolish enough that he'd stay put instead of sprinting.

There are a lot of things to fix about the Yankees' mindset. Condoning that in the name of aggression is certainly emblematic of one of them.

Aggression rules. The type of aggression that blurs your vision and blots out your coaches telling you vital information is a bad type.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. also justified Austin Wells' Yankees blunder after Game 1

Unsurprisingly, Jazz Chisholm Jr., who is so unbelievably athletic he can often take risks his teammates cannot at occasionally inopportune times, took that angle in the postgame scrum.

Yes, Wells was hustling like hell. Wells' top speed just isn't fast enough.

Yes, Wells admitted he was thinking about how the Trop plays and guaranteeing that he could score on a single bouncing high off the rug by reaching third. He was thinking a bit too far ahead of his own skis.

The ambition was noble. The reality left Wells no shot at accomplishing his goal. The Yankees need to find the line between aggression and foolishness very quickly, and Wells saying he can't rule out doing something similar/Chisholm saying it would've been a great play if the relay throw had been completely botched don't exactly breed confidence they'll find it.

Again, though, Schlittler is the difference between this lingering and this dissipating. He might just live directly on that line between aggression and foolishness.

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