The Yankees’ offensive woes are no secret. Despite a team filled with supposed power-hitting sluggers, the 2021 Yankees have struggled to produce timely hits. Acquiring Joey Gallo and Anthony Rizzo certainly provided the Yankees’ lineup with a boost and they’ve recently feasted on bad Orioles pitching, but their arrival doesn’t change the fact that overall, the Yankees have been among the league’s worst teams at actually scoring runs in 2021. And they’re especially bad at scoring runs when Jordan Montgomery is on the mound.
That the Yankees struggle to provide run support for any of their pitchers is unsurprising, considering how many double plays they ground into and how poorly they hit with runners on base.