Wandy Peralta is throwing his slider more often

The New York Yankees are in the middle of possibly their toughest stretch in 2022. Through 162 games any team, regardless of how great it is, will have ups and downs, but you have to take a deeper look than that, and it’s not so much that they’re losing, but how they are losing.

There is enough to focus on the offensive side outside of Aaron Judge, but the goal here is to talk about the bullpen. Aroldis Chapman is not the shutdown closer he once was, and that hasn’t been a problem due to the tremendous efforts of Clay Holmes through the first half. However, between Holmes’ massive struggles as of late, and the absences of Chad Green, Michael King, and the 2021 version of Jonathan Loáisiga,…