Tampa Bay Rays Have Revealed the Weakness in the New York Yankees Offense

SI's Tom Verducci shares his insight into the 2021 Yankees and their 5-10 start to the season.

The New York Yankees are off to their worst start in 24 years. The Yankees currently sit at a 5-10 record after dropping an entire series at home to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays have beat the Yankees  frequently over the course of the last few years, and teams around the league have noted and implemented the Rays' strategy on how to beat the Yankees. Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci shares the ins-and-outs of that strategy in today's SI Insider. 


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TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.