Pinstripe Alley · Sep 19, 2018
The weird splits that changed some Yankees’ narratives
In the eighth inning of Sunday’s game against the Blue Jays, Dellin Betances allowed two runs, turning a one-run Yankees’ lead into a one-run Yankees’ deficit. He was far from the only culprit in that loss, as the offense only scored two runs, and none after the first inning.
As the person staffing the Pinstripe Alley twitter at the time, however, I noticed he was getting the majority of the blame. That’s fair, as he is expected to be a dominant reliever, and here he was failing in a game the Yankees could really use a win. On the other hand, the frustration of that performance somewhat spilled over into saying that Betances is bad. That seems somewhat unfair.