Aaron Judges personal hitting coach trashes Yankees for terrible offensive development

The Yankees are hearing it from pundits, fans and just about everyone with a platform amid a slide that’s carried over from June into July.Now, they can add the man who helped transform Aaron Judge’s swing into that group of critics.

Hitting guru Richard Schenck, better known as @Teacherman1986 on social media platforms, chimed in on X during the Yankees’ 8-4 loss to the Reds on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep in The Bronx.Schenck, who runs Teacherman Hitting and helped launch Judge into superstardom before his 2017 American League Rookie of the Year campaign, slammed the Yankees’ hitting development while praising Judge.

“They’ve lost 13 out of 18 while he’s hitting like an MVP The Yankees offensive player development is terrible,” Schenck replied to a YES Network post on X that showed how well the Bronx Bombers have played when Judge is hitting well.This comes about a year after ex-Yankees prospect Ben Ruta slammed the franchise for how they work with their minor leaguers and develop players, saying the organization was “getting too many of the same guys and trying to make everyone the same player.” Judge, who even gave Schenck a personal shoutout before the 2018 season, has played at an MVP level this year with 32 homers and a 1.135 OPS.

After a slow start to the year, Judge has been one of the hottest hitters — if not the hottest — in baseball the last two-plus months after he posted an OPS over 1.300 in both May and June.Despite his and Juan Soto’s gaudy numbers, the Yankees’ offense has swooned the past month, and only one other Yankee (Alex Verdugo) not on the injured list and has played in who least 29 games this year has an OPS over .700 for the season.

Anthony Volpe has been at the forefront of the downslide, hitting .220 in June, starting July going 1-for-14 and losing his leadoff spot in the order.Regardless of whether Giancarlo Stanton can give the Yankees a jolt when he returns from a hamstring injury suffered ...