Yankees hit rock bottom as they go under .500 in August for first time in almost 30 years

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The New York Yankees have officially hit rock bottom.

The Yankees lost a fourth-straight game Wednesday night for the fifth time this year, dropping to 60-61 on the season and 6.5 games out of the final wild-card spot.

The 2-0 was the second straight time they were shut out, and it finished a sweep by the Atlanta Braves, but more importantly, it put them in territory that an entire generation of Yankees fans have never seen before.

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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone makes a pitching change during the fourth inning against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on Aug. 16, 2023 in Atlanta. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)

The Yankees are under .500 in the month of August for the first time since 1995.

It has been a surprisingly disastrous season for the Yankees, who won 99 games and went to the ALCS last year, although they benefited from a historically hot start that put them at a 120-win pace in June.

Just about everybody has had a tremendous dropoff offensively. One player who has not is Aaron Judge, who missed almost two whole months on the injured list with a toe and oblique injury.

Entering Wednesday, their .232 batting average was the second-worst in baseball ahead of only the Oakland A's, their .307 on-base percentage was the fifth-worst, and their 4.28 runs per game ranked 21st in all baseball.

Outside of AL Cy Young Award favorite Gerrit Cole, the starting rotation is abysmal. Cole's ERA sits at 2.76 - the second-lowest ERA by a Yankee starter is Domingo German's 4.56, and he is out for the year as he entered a rehab program earlier this month. They also have two pitchers with