The New York Yankees at one time this season was being compared to the old Bronx Bombers with their version of the roaring 1920s. It wasn’t that the Yankees dominated the American League East, but how they were doing it. The MLBbro tag team of Giancarlo Stanton and the odds on favorite for AL MVP, Aaron Judge, was sending out baseball souvenirs at a rate that made baseball gloves as important as hats.

There are now two questions surrounding the team as of late. Number one, can Aaron Judge duplicate his MVP season numbers or maybe even surpass them?

Number two, what is going on with the recent collapse of the team?

Recently, those all-time greatest New York Yankees team comparisons have ground to a halt with a slide nearly as bad as Aaron Judge’s start in April. As of this writing, the Yanks have lost four straight games and eight of their last ten. With this slide, they have also lost the division lead by percentage points to the Baltimore Orioles. Allowing the New York Mets to sweep the Subway Series with a 12-2 blowout in the finale provides enough evidence that the Yankees need retooling and quick.

It’s no real coincidence that the Yankees’ struggles (Aaron Judge is not on that list) started with the injury to Stanton during the Atlanta Braves series.

Now, with Stanton straining his hamstring, the power surge in the middle of the lineup is missing. With one of the the leading candidates for AL Comeback Player Of the Year out, it’s time for another MLBbro to step up and fill a serious void in the lineup particularly with the pitching starting becoming an issue.

Trent Grisham…

You remember Trent Grisham… the one that stepped into the batter’s box while fans were screaming for Juan Soto. Then he showed class by hitting a home run into the seats and getting a standing ovation in the process. A “Magic Moment” if anyone ever saw one…

What gets lost in that “Magic Moment” is the fact that the Yankees fans did have just cause to ask for Juan Soto. If you thought Aaron Judge was off to a slow start to the season, Grisham made him look like the late Tony Gwynn. However over the last few games, Grisham has started to come on offensively a little bit.

Here’s the comparisons of our MLBbro’s production from the last seven games stretched out to 30 via MLB.com. Over the last seven games which coincides with the Yankees losing streak it does seem that Aaron Judge does have some help in holding down the fort until Giancarlo Stanton makes his return.

The Yankees need someone to protect Aaron Judge from teams starting to pitch around him. Trent’s two homers and three RBI while batting .400 in 10 at-bats surely qualifies. MLBbro.com reporter Gary Sheffield broke down what Grisham can bring earlier this season. 

With MLBbro Stanton recovering from a hamstring strain, Trent Grisham is going to have to provide more “Magic Moments” for the Yankees to keep pace with Baltimore.