Yankees' brutal loss puts team in territory it hasn't seen since 1990

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The good news for the New York Yankees is they would be in first place if they were in the American League Central.

The bad news is they aren't.

It's been a struggle for the Yanks all season, especially since defending MVP Aaron Judge has been out with torn ligaments in his toe. But their last four games might be their rock bottom for the season.

For the first time since 1990, the Yankees are in last place in their division during the month of July. 

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Gleyber Torres of the New York Yankees reacts after a foul ball as he bats in the fifth inning of a game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field July 14, 2023, in Denver, Colo.  (Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)

Since Judge landed on the injured list June 6, the Yankees are 14-20, tied for the seventh-worst record in all of baseball. When Judge was placed on the IL, they were a season-high 11 games over .500 at 36-25.

The Yankees have scored the third-fewest runs in the league with Judge out, and, in that span, their .223 average ranks 29th and their OPS is fourth-worst in baseball.

Yankees fans were hoping the All-Star break would be exactly what their Bombers needed to begin a turnaround, but they lost two out of three to the lowly Colorado Rockies over the weekend, including a type of loss never before seen in team history.

New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo reacts after having a called third strike that he thought was ball four against the St. Louis Cardinals July 1, 2023, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo.  (Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

On Sunday, the Yankees blew a two-run lead in both the eighth and