Aaron Boone says Yankees 'right there' after Mets complete sweep - ESPN

NEW YORK — The 2024 New York Yankees are, so far, a club defined by two contradictory chapters. There was the chapter before June 15, when they plowed the competition to the best record in the majors. Then there is the current chapter in which they've posted the second-worst record in baseball since that date, only better than the playing-for-the-distant-future Chicago White Sox.

Wednesday's 12-3 loss to the New York Mets marked a new low for the Yanks.

The Mets, coincidentally owners of the best record in the majors since June 15, completed a four-game Subway Series season sweep at Yankee Stadium, which was half-filled with Mets fans by the end of the rout. It is the first time the Mets have swept the season series from the Yankees since 2013. The Mets outscored the Yankees 36-14 in the four games.

Gerrit Cole, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, was pounded for six runs, including three homers, over 5⅔ innings. The bullpen was worse. The offense was again meek.

Afterward, Yankees manager Aaron Boone vented his frustration with his team's tailspin while emphatically insisting he believes the team will reverse course.

«We got to play better, OK?» Boone said. «We have it right in front of us. We're a really good team that has played s---ty of late. We need to be better.

»I'm not going to define stretch, this or that. We got to go win, right? And we're right there. We're watching other teams struggle around us. We know we got to be better. We're pissed off in there. We got a lot of pride in there. We got a lot of expectation in there. So, stretch, slump, recent, I don't give a s---. It's we got to play better the rest of the way."

The Yankees were 50-22 when they beat the Boston Red Sox on June 14. Since