Brian Cashman made his first major move by trading for Luis Garcia, Jr. from the Nationals who by all accounts hits home runs, is a lifetime .268 hitter and has never struck out more than 90 times in a season. On paper, he is not a good fit with the Yankees based on those statistics. Makes too much contact, gets hits – what were they thinking?

No doubt the Yankee hitting coaches will teach him to hit with an upper cut (see Anthony Volpe flail time after time) and not worry about not moving runners along. Better to go for the home run and not play situational baseball. Better to lose every extra inning game by playing mindlessly.

I know: just another arrogant Yankee fan who complains about a team with the 2nd best record in the AL. But SU has watched enough games this year and since Bellinger is now down to go along with Stanton and Judge, they have zero offense. Worse than that: Ben Rice is the only player worth watching come to the plate. Seriously, who else might actually put the ball in play for a hit? What is extra frustrating is that their starting pitching is excellent and their bullpen has somehow pieced it together even though they need at least one or two quality relievers. The AL is there for the taking this year.

SU is not familiar with Garcia but he can hit from what I see. Goldschmidt will be the odd man out as he plays first base but this lineup is so anemic right now. Bellinger is out until mid-September and Stanton may get hurt walking to the bathroom tomorrow. Not clear Judge even returns this year. Jasson Dominguez has been such a disappointment. Seems like a good kid but he has 15 RBIs for the season. And cannot play the outfield. SU says his shortcomings on defense are appalling as they have had him in their system since he was 16. He still throws to the wrong base.

SU gives Cashman credit for developing Rice, Spencer Jones (he shows signs and is athletic) and Schlittler (and Judge) but Volpe is now a bust and the rest of the lineup all came from other places. He has until 6 pm today to add pieces to the bullpen and maybe get a right handed hitting catcher. We know the prospects are always overrated so other than Lombard, figure anyone is expendable.

Luis Arraez just got traded to the Phillies. Always hits .300. And always gets traded. SU is clearly not up on the most important analytics but I still can do the eye test. You can put a .300 hitter on my team – thank you very much.

Right now, they are unwatchable. Strike out at an alarming rate. SU does not blame Boone as he does not have the players who can hit. Boone will continue to make questionable decisions regarding relievers but this season is not on him. How is it that the Dodgers farm system is so stacked?

The net result is that SU, a lifelong Yankee fan, cares less. They have worn me down. Boston is going to pass them soon enough and losing in the wild card round is not acceptable for this team. Starting pitching is just so good – it’s crazy they are this lame offensively.