Mike Francesa nonetheless has his heater.
The legendary former WFAN host dialed up his fastball to torch the Yankees after their embarrassing show within the two-game Subway Collection sweep by the hands of the Mets on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Francesa notably lambasted Gerrit Cole for his “pitiful” job Wednesday, together with brutal assessments of basic supervisor Brian Cashman’s roster and the shortage of accountability below proprietor Hal Steinbrenner.
“The Mets from high to backside completely simply destroyed the Yankees tonight. Embarrassed the Yankees tonight,” he mentioned on “The Mike Francesa Podcast” after the Mets’ 12-3 win Wednesday. “They’ll’t get a giant hit. They’ll’t make a giant play within the subject. … The Mets simply mortified them in these 4 video games.”
He added of the late innings when the Mets ran up the rating: “The (Yankees) fell over themselves like circus clowns.”
There have been few issues — if any — higher within the sports activities media world than when Francesa in his WFAN heyday teed off on one of many locals after a very disgusting efficiency.
Wednesday’s recreation, from the Yankees perspective, definitely certified.
Needing a win to point out any kind of respectability, the Yankees, with their ace main the best way, embarrassed themselves on nationwide tv.
Francesa hit on the basic speaking level about what would have occurred had late Yankees proprietor George Steinbrenner nonetheless been alive to see this debacle.
“If George had been ever round this night, heads would roll earlier than morning,” Francesa mentioned. “He’d be calling individuals to the ballpark at 3 o’clock within the morning simply to trouble them tonight. This is able to be insupportable, however nothing with the Yankees is insupportable anymore. It’s the identical rubbish, day in and day trip. ‘Oh, we’re higher than this, we’re an actual good membership, we’re simply going by way of a skid.’ … That is now 34 video games of this rubbish.”
With out naming names, Francesa seemingly referred to as out Hal and Cashman for indifference permeating the group and the main target being on funds over outcomes.
He mentioned the Yankees care extra about “the receipts” and whether or not they promote seats.
“It begins on the high, they’ve accepted mediocrity, particularly once they promote the constructing out and draw 40,000 followers day after day after day,” Francesa mentioned. “They’re profitable the place they assume it’s essential to win, on the money register! They don’t care about the rest.
“They make no adjustments. They put no stress on anyone.”
Francesa famous that he doesn’t consider supervisor Aaron Boone ought to be fired for this 11-23 stretch, however mentioned there’s “no accountability” for on-field efficiency.
Hal’s Yankees function with a for much longer leash for failures than his father’s, with each Cashman and Boone receiving current extensions regardless of failing to succeed in a World Collection collectively over the previous six seasons.
“From possession by way of the final supervisor by way of the supervisor by way of each participant on that workforce, these will not be what we may name Yankees,” Francesa mentioned. “They don’t act like Yankees, they don’t win like Yankees. They don’t compete like Yankees.”
On a micro stage, Francesa began his rant by ripping Cole, who flopped Wednesday.
Cole allowed six runs in 5 ⅔ innings, together with three homers, in his second dud towards the Mets this season.
“What he did tonight was gag once they wanted him,” Francesa mentioned. “He was simply pitiful on the market.”
Francesa notably went after Cole for permitting backup outfielder Tyrone Taylor to burn him, with the No. 9 hitter going 3-for-3 versus Cole with a homer and two RBIs.
“You’re the man. You bought to point out up when your workforce wants you. That’s what it means to be a stopper. Go on the market and cease the bleeding, not open a brand new wound. This was embarrassing tonight. They owned him. They pounded him,” Francesa mentioned. “He can’t get the No. 9 hitter out all night.”
Francesa later criticized the Yankees’ roster development and “crummy” lineup, which has been uncovered as of late, notably the inclusion of J.D. Davis and D.J. LeMahieu.
“They’re inserting guys within the lineup who can’t play useless,” Francesa mentioned at some point after ranting about Davis batting cleanup.
Francesa joined these calling for the Yankees to bench LeMahieu, who’s hitting .179 with a .499 OPS after Wednesday’s 0-for-3.
“You can’t enable, it doesn’t matter what you owe them, gamers to exit and carry out like LeMahieu is performing and ship him on the market day after day after day,” Francesa mentioned. “There must be some stage of accountability.”
Francesa additionally referred to as out the struggling trio of Anthony Volpe, Gleyber Torres and Alex Verdugo — labeling the latter a “useless man strolling.”
He mentioned the trio ought to be in concern of shedding their spot within the lineup, not simply gifted at-bats every day.
“The Yankees want an infusion of latest gamers, whether or not it’s out of their farm system, simply getting (Giancarlo) Stanton again or going out and making offers proper now,” Francesa mentioned of the looming July 30 commerce deadline. “They have to shake this workforce up.”
That roster shaking might finally require a roster change.
“This isn’t going away. And this has been one thing the Yankees of current classic don’t do, they don’t ever reply to damaging efficiency,” Francesa mentioned. “They don’t do something radical. You need to launch some individuals on this workforce, you bought to eliminate some individuals.”
He concluded his rant by saying: “In the event that they don’t sit down and make individuals accountable of their jobs, each within the entrance workplace, in administration, in possession and on the sphere, postseason goes to crash and burn similar to it has and there’s a cause why the Yankees haven’t been close to the World Collection in a protracted, lengthy, lengthy, very long time.”
