There is a distinctive kind of silence in the Yankees after their most recent loss. The kind that lingers when the cleats come off and the jerseys are tossed in hampers. This wasn’t a loss just to any other team, but to the team that’s sitting dead last in the standings. Assumptions were sky-high, situation was on their side, and then it all crumbled in the thin air of Denver. What came after was not just frustration, but unfiltered feeling from their $3.6M star who usually keeps it together.
The Colorado Rockies came into the game against the Yankees with an intricate 8-42 record, riding a 2-17 slump. They were just swept at home. On news, it was a mismatch. However, in the field? It turned out to be a nightmare. For the Yankees.
At the spotlight of that storm was a pitcher who took the defeat very personally. Clarke Schmidt, who had been stringing together vital starts, could not make it through five innings. The Yankees star threw 97 pitches in just 4.2 innings, before giving up three runs and experiencing his outing unravel after two quick outs in the fifth. For him, the tough part was that he left with a 2-1 lead, only to be charged with the loss minutes later.
What made this particular night sting was not just the numbers. It was the altitude. “It is really hard to throw sinkers here,” Schmidt said after the game. “So I could not really throw as many that I would like, to and I had to rely on the cutter a little bit more and the slider a little bit more.”
For Clarke Schmidt, whose bread and butter is movement, losing his sinker in the thin air of the opponent’s place was shocking. Still, he did not make excuses and made it clear by saying, “Obviously, I did not do my job, so I am pissed off about that.”
Schmidt did not stop there. The composed right-hander broke character with a rare outburst. When asked if the loss hurt more because of the opponent’s record, he did not hide it: “We ate all competitors in here. Anytime you lose, we are pissed off. We are not trying to go out there and lose ballgames… obviously, everybody is pissed off… it pisses you off and I am pissed off right now. Yeah, it definitely pisses you off.”
That was not just venting—that was a star whose pride took a hit. But Schmidt wasn’t the only one shell-shocked by the loss.
MLB insider reacts with shock as Yankees fall flat in trap game
The shock wasn’t just in the Yankees’ camp. It echoed into the analyst booth. A respected voice around Yankee baseball, Jack Curry, highlighted his disbelief. “That is an exasperating game for the Yankees. It’s a sobering result,” the insider said on the YES Network. While Schmidt detailed the shortcomings, Curry widened the lens, highlighting how they failed against a team with the worst record in MLB.
The loss, as per Curry, was, like, a classic “trap game”—a matchup so clearly outmatched that it lulled the Yankees into underestimating the opponents. Despite the Rockies’ dismal numbers, an MLB-worst ERA and a starter with an 8.00+ ERA, the Yankees offense disappeared, going hitless against the final 14 batters.
“The offense that has been so powerful this season, it vanished tonight,” Curry said. While Aaron Judge’s milestone home run ignited hope, other bats went cold, providing a sharp contrast to the high-octane identity the Yankees had established this season.
Such losses do not just sting, they leave a mark. When a top team falls to the league’s basement-dweller, it forces all to look in the mirror. From the stars to the coaching staff, the Yankees have concerns to analyze.
Buckling up is the need of the hour—because if this wake-up call does not light a fire, something deeper could be smoldering. Stay tuned.
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