Volpe Paraza, Paras, Volpe, left side of the infield, left side of the infield, Volpe

Paras, Paras, Volpe. And none of that is good. It's all bad, I admit. I mean, the two mis-cues we saw in the fifth inning were horrendous, and for whatever reason, the Yankees shrink in big moments against division rivals. But the Yankees lost last night because they scored one frickin' run. Like, why did the Yankees lose last night?

It's like a rhetorical question.

It's like a

rhetorical question. I already told you my reason.

They scored one run. Right. It was all

Gincarlo Stanton, hitting another home run. But other than

that, they didn't do anything. It did nothing. But

it still can't mask

the issue, especially defensively,

increasingly defensively, of Anthony

Volpe. Yes. Anthony Volpe, yes. Oswald Parraza, look, Oswald Parraza is not a Major League Baseball player right now because he's hitting $150.

That's why. His defense this season, whether it's my eye test, whether it's defensive metrics, it's been fine.

If Oswald Paraza was hitting 235, I could probably live with him being the everyday third baseman. The problem is no one can play every day when they're hitting 150. So we already know that of Oswald Paraza. And it sucked that he made an error last night. It does. It should have been a straight error instead of a hit an error. But whatever. Like, obviously when you're that bad offensively, you need to be flawless defensively.

And that was a huge error that tacked on yet another run.

The Volpey issue is the fact that he's just not that good.

That's the Volpey issue.

Yeah, but nobody wants to accept that.

And especially Aaron Boone doesn't want to accept that.

When you listen to him talk now about Anthony Volpe, it's less, I'm protecting

him, and so I'm just being vague, and it's more like he's flat out making excuses for Anthony Volpe.

He's Cochraning Anthony Volpe. He's Johnny Cochran. He is the defense lawyer for Anthony

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