Cam Schlittler’s struggles, quiet bats leave Yankees limping into trade deadline with loss to Rays
NY Post
With one of the biggest names in all of sports to be dealt away in 2025 in the building, the Yankees limped ever closer to Thursday’s trade deadline.
While general manager Brian Cashman mostly is pursuing pitching help following an active weekend upgrading the lineup, NBA superstar Luka Doncic was in attendance Monday night to see the Yankees bats largely silenced in a dreary 4-2 loss to the Rays at the Stadium.
Rookie starter Cam Schlittler allowed three earned runs with four walks and five strikeouts over 4 ¹/₃ innings to suffer his first loss in three major league appearances.
But the Yankees (57-49) managed just three hits over the final eight innings to slip to 15-24 since June 13. The Red Sox missed a chance to pull even in the standings later Monday night, suffering a 5-4 walk-off loss to the Twins.
“Obviously, ultimately, we would like to be probably in a better spot,” Cody Bellinger said after the Yankees dropped to 4-6 since the All-Star break. “But this is kind of where we’re at right now.
“I think ultimately for the guys in this locker room, [the deadline is] kind of out of our control. … We have no idea really what’s going to happen, so we have to focus on what we can focus on. That’s all we really can do.”
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