The New York Yankees' season has hit a rough patch. The team has lost the American League East lead, and Aaron Boone could be to blame.

If the New York Yankees haven't hit rock bottom yet, they're awfully close. Back on June 22, the Yankees were 45-32 and firmly in first place in the AL East. Fast forward to the present day, where they're now 48-40 and two games back of the Toronto Blue Jays in the standings.

Mike Vaccaro of The New York Post nailed it in his Sunday column playing “buy or rent” with New York coaches. He wrote: “If Boone hasn’t bought by now, he should.” The Yankees value stability more than they ever have. Boone’s averaged 95 wins in six full seasons. Unless the wheels fall completely off, he’s not going anywhere.

Following the fifth inning of the Yankees' game against the New York Mets, Volpe tossed back the baseball in Judge's direction as part of a between-innings ritual. Unfortunately, Judge's attention was elsewhere and he didn't see the ball flying straight toward his head.

Yankees star Aaron Judge was struck in the face by a toss from teammate Anthony Volpe as they were coming off the field after the fifth inning of Saturday's 12-6 loss to the New York Mets. Judge came to bat in the sixth with a small bandage that was still affixed near his right eye after the game.

Aaron Judge was hit in the head coming off the field with a ball thrown by Anthony Volpe during the Yankees-Mets game on Saturday.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone says it's "pretty much inevitable" that pitcher Clarke Schmidt will undergo Tommy John surgery for a torn UCL in his pitching elbow.