Ex-Yankees prospect says there is 'no baseball being taught' in organization

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The New York Yankees have hit rock bottom. They are currently 60-61, the latest in a season they have been under .500 since September 1995.

Fans have called for the firing of general manager Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone for several years now, given the championship-or-bust mentality most of them have.

In recent years, the front office has developed a heavily analytic approach, but with a last-place season thus far and failing to win at least three games in an ALCS since Joe Girardi was the manager in 2017, many are getting sick of it.

It's not to say analytics don't work (take a look at the Houston Astros), but one former prospect says the team is way too reliant on them.

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The national anthem during Old Timers Day prior to a game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium on June 22, 2014, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Orioles defeated the Yankees 8-0.  (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Ben Ruta played for the organization from 2016 to 2021, so he knows the ins and outs of what goes on, and he didn't like what he saw in the later years of his tenure there.

During an episode of "Foul Territory," Ruta commented on the Yankees' approach in the show's chat log.

"Here’s all you need to know," host Scott Braun read on the air. "In 2020, before COVID hit spring training we played a game called ‘pitchers vs hitters,’ the only way to score a point was to walk or hit a ball 95 mph-plus. There’s no baseball being taught there anymore. No baserunning, moving runners, fundamentals, etc."

The Yankees have been reliant on the home run in recent years (as have