Schadenfreude 237 (A Continuing Series)

Greg Joyce, Post:

Aaron Judge ... [is] still not swinging because of lingering pain from a fractured bone in his right wrist, and his rehab process is taking longer than the club originally believed it would. ...

The night Judge was hit by a pitch that caused the injury, the Yankees estimated a three-week time period before he could swing a bat in a game situation. Thursday marks three weeks exactly, and Judge has still not picked up a bat at all. ...

"I haven't really done any motions of trying to extend it out because that's the motion that gets me — when I full extend like that, it kind of bothers my wrist," Judge said, motioning a follow-through with his wrist on a throw. ...

Wednesday marked the 19th game Judge missed since Jake Junis' 93 mph fastball sailed up and in to drill him on the right wrist. The Yankees [are 10-9] without him ...

George A. King III, Post:

"When you fall behind early it can be frustrating ..." [Brett] Gardner said of the Yankees who went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 runners [in a loss to the Rays]. ...

In 3.1 innings, [Luis] Cessa showed why he is a regular on The-Bronx-to-SWB shuttle. Thanks to leaving too many pitches in the middle of the plate, especially his straight-as-rain fastball, Cessa gave up five runs and seven hits to drop the Yankees into a ditch far too deep to climb out of.

Kevin Kernan, Post:

The Red Sox are 10 games better than the Yankees ... The Red Sox deserve to be where they are, all alone in first place in the AL East and the Yankees deserve to be where they are, well behind the Red Sox. ...

Wednesday night's horrible 6-1 loss to the tiny-market Rays at Yankee Stadium brought some truths home for the Yankees about their hitting.

[T]he Yankees came into the night 13th in the AL in batting average (.223) with the bases loaded ...

[T]he team with the best batting average in the AL with the bases loaded is [Cleveland] at .344, the Red Sox are right behind at .342 and then the Astros at .316. ...

The Mariners are one point behind the Yankees and then it's the Royals — the only teams worse than the Yankees' average with the bases loaded. ...

With runners in scoring position the Red Sox lead the AL with a .285 mark, the Yankees are eighth at .252. ...

[T]he Yankees do not have a .300 hitter. Mookie Betts leads the AL with a .352 mark. J.D. Martinez is not far behind at .333.

Daily News:

Judge walked into the clubhouse ... and turned on Franklin's version of "I Say A Little Prayer" on the stereo system.

Amazing!