Here's a legitimate problem to be flustered about with the offense and definitely something worth taking issue with process wise. Here is where the Yankees metrically hold up and rank out of all 60 team-season pairs the last 2 years. Dodgers and Yankees similarly had 2 of the 3 best offenses in baseball last year. One major component of both offenses is an overall passive approach — not much swinging overall with the goal of minimizing run value lost on chases, though with the trade-off of run value lost on not swinging in-zone. However, what has made the dodgers stand out so far this year, despite the similar approach, is that they not only don't chase....they swing a TON in zone. In fact, even more so than last year, by a lot... The Yankees on the other hand, not only have swung a lot less at meatballs, in zone, and over the heart of the plate than last year, but rank near the bottom in all categories amongst all team-pairs since 2025. Having an overall passive approach works — it's what gave the Yankee offense and Dodger offense top of the league feats last year. But this only works when the the value from not chasing compensates for the value in not swinging in zone...when you don't swing in zone this much, there probably will be problems.