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The New York Yankees announced on Monday that Sean Casey, a former MLB first baseman and current MLB Network personality, has been named their new hitting coach. Joel Sherman continues, “Casey’s contract will remain in effect for the remainder of the 2023 season, after which both parties can decide if a longer-term, more permanent arrangement is preferred.” Casey will take over for Dillon Lawson, who was let go after the Cubs game on Sunday after one of the worst offensive first halves in team history.
“Anyone who knows Sean knows he is a very well-respected former baseball player with a big personality full of positive energy,” general manager Brian Cashman said in a statement. “We feel his abilities to connect with people with his experience will serve him well in his new role as our head hitting coach.”
With Lawson’s replacement, the Yankees fired a coach for the first time in the season since Cashman became general manager before the 1998 campaign. Under any general manager since July of 1995, when Nardi Contreras took over as pitching coach in place of Billy Connors, the team had not experienced a coach change during the season. Brad Wilkerson and Casey Dykes, the assistant hitting coaches, will continue in their existing positions.
Regarding Casey, he is still one of the game’s most amiable and beloved characters at the age of 49. Throughout the course of his 12-season MLB career, Casey—who was a three-time All-Star—accumulated over 1,500 hits, eight of which came with the Reds. Casey and Yankees manager Aaron Boone were teammates for a large portion of Casey’s stay in Cincinnati. With a career batting average of.302, Casey retired from baseball in 2008. He has been an MLB Network analyst for the past 15 years.
“I’m just incredibly thrilled about the chance to influence the guys in the lineup in the second half. There are many professional hitters on the Yankees, and I’m excited to get to know them and work with them,” Casey said in a release. “I’ve played professional baseball for nearly 30 years, and hitting and the cerebral aspect of the game are my passions. Over the course of my 15 years at MLB Network, I’ve been able to maintain a close eye on the game by talking to current major leaguers, watching a ton of video, breaking down film as part of my job, and attempting to determine what batters are doing psychologically and physically. I therefore feel well-prepared for this chance to share my knowledge and views and to teach.”
The Yankees as a team hit.231/.300/.410 at the end of the first half. In terms of on-base percentage (27th), slugging percentage (13th), and batting average (29th), they are ranked. With an average of 4.40 runs scored per game, New York leads all MLB teams by 19. A number of seasoned players, including as DJ LeMahieu and Giancarlo Stanton, are experiencing their least productive offensive seasons to date.
Aaron Judge, the current AL MVP, hasn’t played since June 2, when he crashed into the wall of Dodger Stadium and tore a ligament in his toe. The Yankees are averaging 3.70 runs per game and hitting.218/.288/.383 since Judge’s injury. In 31 games since Judge’s injury, they are 14–17. It is obviously painful to lose a player of that caliber, but the subpar play is not solely attributable to Judge’s absences.
The Yankees’ season record is at 49-42 after their loss on Sunday. They are one game ahead on last place in the AL East and one game behind the third and final American League wild-card slot going into the All-Star break.
