Schadenfreude 190 (A Continuing Series)

Mark Feinsand, Daily News:

An agitated Brian Cashman was in no mood Monday to sugarcoat the Yankees' awful start.

"I'm frustrated as hell," Cashman said. "It was a horrific month of April where we underperformed in almost every category, it feels like." ...

"There are no changes in store; ultimately, I'll be forced to make changes if it continues," Cashman said. "What needs to change is the players that are capable of so much more on this roster that I've put together starting to perform to those levels. Over time, if it continues, we will be forced to do things that weren't part of the game plan. That's just what has to happen at some point." ...

Yanks' GM Brian Cashman says he'll give the Yankees a little time to rebound from their "horrific" 8-15 start. ...

Seven of the nine regulars are hitting .250 or below, while five have on-base percentages below .300. Throw in five with an OPS of .701 or lower and there's plenty of blame to go around.

Chase Headley has been the obvious target for anybody looking to point fingers, as his .156 average, .423 OPS and zero extra-base hits rank last among all qualified hitters in the AL. ...

Mark Teixeira is hitting .218 with no home runs, one extra-base hit and three RBI over the past 16 games, Carlos Beltran is hitting .143 with no extra-base hits or RBI over the past 10 games and Brian McCann is hitting .170 with one homer and three RBI over the past 15 games, striking out 17 times in 47 at-bats.

Aaron Hicks is 2-for-26 (.077) this season, including 1-for-19 against lefties. Jacoby Ellsbury is hitting .194 over the past eight games, while Didi Gregorius is 1-for-19 (.053) and Brett Gardner is 3-for-26 (.115) over the past seven.

Kevin Davidoff, Post:

When the Yankees try again to slam the brakes on their disastrous 2016 season Tuesday night against the Orioles at Camden Yards, their general manager will be on site — as part of a planned itinerary, Brian Cashman explained, not any sort of rescue mission. ...

"We urgently need to stop the bleeding now," Cashman said Monday in a telephone interview. "We've been saying that. We're working towards that." ...

The Yankees entered Monday tied with the defending champion Royals, of all teams, for 13th place in the American League with 81 runs scored, ahead of only the Rays (77). With runners in scoring position, their .203 batting average ranked 14th (ahead of only Houston, at .200) and their .641 OPS placed them 12th.

Bob Raissman, Daily News:

Not even John (Pa Pinstripe) Sterling would have the stones to schlep pin-striped pom-poms into the WFAN broadcast booth Sunday night.

"Welcome to Fenway," Sterling cheerfully said before injecting reality into his opening remarks. "As you know, the Yankees have hit the skids."

Also known as 8-15.

Dead bats. Dinosaurs. Inconsistent pitching. Perhaps Pa was having flashbacks to 1989, his first season calling Yankees games on WABC-AM, the radio flagship at the time.

A 74-87 fifth-place finish, 14 1/2 games behind Toronto. ...

Nah, it can't get that bad? Or can it? Heck, it's only early May. No time to panic, right?

It always is inside the Valley of the Stupid. ...