Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Stop listening to the computers. Thats ex-Yankee Clint Fraziers advice to the Bronx Bombers should they want to end their 16-year World Series drought. They will not win the World Series if this fking analytical car is driving it. They wont, Frazier said recently on his Life After The Show podcast. And the reason that they wont win it is because they do dumba s st that they didnt do during the regular season because they get cute and they want to make a crazy move. There has been plenty of discu sion about why the Yankees have won just one World Series game over the past 16 years and the teams analytical approach has been often cited. Greg Maddux Jersey Clint Frazier discu sing the Yankees i sues. @clint-frazier/YouTube Explore More While its almost universally agreed that analytics help teams, some have wondered if the Yankees are too reliant or if they apply the data in the right way. Frazier, who played for the Yankees from 2017-21 and has been critical of the team since his exit, cited Game 2 of the 2020 ALDS as a prime example. The Yankees held a 1-0 series lead and started rookie Deivi Garcia for one inning before going to veteran J.A. Happ, who bombed in the 7-5 lo s. The Bronx Bombers ultimately lost the series in five games. J.A. Happ during the 2020 ALDS. for the NY POST Deivi Garcia pitched just the first inning of the 2020 ALDS. for the NY POST For instance, were in the middle of the 2020 playoffs and were playing the Rays, and Deivi Garcia is the guy that they say is gonna pitch the game. They do that because the Rays are another analytical team and know that theyll put a huge lineup out there thats full of left-handed hitters, Frazier recalled. Righty pitcher, left-handed hitters, were gonna get crazy. Were gonna try to fool the Rays. Deivis only gonna face a few batters, were gonna take him out, were gonna bring a left-handed pitcher in. Theyve got a full left-handed lineup. Were gonna shock the world. Didnt happen. Well just leave it at that. Frazier noted the effect that this type of backfiring move can have on players morale. CHECK OUT THE AND So when that happens, as a player in the locker room, to know that we just went the entire season to get to this point and they got cute, and they tried something that they didnt try during the regular season in the playoffs in a moment thats extremely crucial and it backfires, Frazier said, and every players sitting there thinking, What the fk just happened? What the fk? Thats why they wont win these games in the playoffs if theyre doing st like that. Until the Yankees win a title or should they stunningly change their operating strategy, the teams reliance on analytics will continue to be a discu sion. Orlando Arcia Jersey