It sounds like two former Yankees greats are not at all satisfied about the team\u2019s current state.<\/p>\n
During the FOX Sports pregame show ahead of MLB\u2019s Speedway Classic game between the Braves and Reds that was suspended due to rain<\/a> on Saturday, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez bluntly criticized their former team.<\/p>\n When asked about the Yankees\u2019 back-to-back losses against the Marlins on Friday and Saturday, Rodriguez wasted no time calling out the pitching performances.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t make this up,\u201d Rodriguez said<\/a>. \u201cI mean, look, you can bring in nine relievers, it\u2019s not going to make a difference. I don\u2019t care if you bring back their \u201998 bullpen with Mariano [Rivera], Mike Stanton, and Jeff Nelson, if your pitchers are going 3\u2153, 4\u2153, it\u2019s not going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n Alex Rodriuez and Derek Jeter made the comments during the FOX Sports pregame show ahead of MLB\u2019s Speedway Classic game that was suspended due to rain and will be played on Sunday afternoon. FOX Sports<\/p>\n The 14-time All-Star added that \u2014 even following the Yankees\u2019 trade deadline acquisitions \u2014 the team needs to \u201crestructure\u201d their roster.<\/p>\n \u201cHere is my biggest concern,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cYou bring in seven guys and you\u2019re still miles away from winning a world title. \u2026 You\u2019ve got to restructure this roster. I like a lot of the players individually but together it just doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not sure where you go from here,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n Jeter echoed Rodriguez\u2019s sentiment about the Yankees\u2019 pitching, but also pointed out the amount of mistakes the team has had in recent games.<\/p>\n \u201cThey make way too many mistakes,\u201d Jeter said<\/a>. \u201cAnd you can\u2019t get away with making that number of mistakes against great teams. It just doesn\u2019t happen. They had base running mistakes today \u2014 you saw the guy getting thrown out at home plate. You can\u2019t continue to do it. You have to clean it up.\u201d<\/p>\n Jazz Chisholm Jr., walks back to the dugout after striking out in the seventh inning of the Yankees\u2019 2-0 road loss to the Marlins on Aug. 2, 2025. AP<\/p>\n Austin Wells gets thrown out in a rundown in the ninth inning after mistakenly thinking there were three outs, but the Yankees still manager to squeak out a walk-off win over the Rays in the 10th on July 30, 2025. Robert Sabo \/ New York Post<\/p>\n Additionally, Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a base running blunder<\/a> during Saturday\u2019s loss<\/a>, getting doubled off at first base following a caught pop fly to Miami\u2019s second baseman.<\/p>\n Jeter then said that the solution for the Yankees was simple \u2014 they just have to play better.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are no excuses you have to play better,\u201d Jeter added. \u201cIf you don\u2019t play better you are not going to go very far.\u201d<\/p>\n Aaron Boone talks with Meredith Marakovits, Michael Kay and other members of the media before the Yankees\u2019 road loss to the Marlins. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n Later on in the segment, Rodriguez chimed in and said that there is no accountability for the Yankees players this season.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere\u2019s the accountability,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cIf any one of us made a mistake, we would be sitting out butt right on the bench. I see mistake after mistake and there\u2019s no consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n This comes after a disappointing July for the Yankees which has seen the team fall to third place in the AL East with a 60-51 record, putting them 4 1\/2 games behind the first-place Blue Jays.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tGo beyond the box score with the Bombers\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The Yankees look to avoid being swept by the Marlins on Sunday at 1:40 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It sounds like two former Yankees greats are not at all satisfied about the team\u2019s current state. 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