New York Yankees Jon Heyman Struggling Yankees lineup finally gives reason for optimism — at least for one night By Jon Heyman Published Aug. 11, 2026, 11:49 p.m. ET Yankees center fielder Trent Grisham connects on an RBI two run single off the Seattle Mariners in the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium, Tuesday, August 11, 2026. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST This was an offensive outburst, at least by the newly reduced hitting standards of these Judge-less Yankees. They needed this in a big way. The Yankees needed this win, and they needed this relative explosion of hits.
Yes, this has been a very trying 10 weeks since the great Aaron Judge went down with a broken rib.
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Surely, we knew the lineup would suffer. But this much? Who knew the vaunted Yankees lineup would fall so far that it was baseball’s worst, at least by a few measures (more on that below)?
Maybe the sudden Yankees eruption Tuesday night at the Stadium — five hits, a walk and four runs within six batters — is a sign they may finally be getting their batting act together. Or maybe it’s merely a reflection of a cold opponent whose manager played right into their lefty-heavy hands by utilizing two run-of-the-mill righty relievers after a frontline starter and tough lefty continued the Yankees lineup’s misery by shutting them out the first six innings.
