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[QUOTE="Fly Rodder, post: 4704447, member: 2133"]
I'm pretty sure that Lawson was on the chopping block once their superstar rookie had his swing fixed by his AA teammate and Aaron Hicks embarrassed the front office by showing he was still a perfectly cromulent outfielder for the 2nd place Orioles.

I don't know how much pull or command these guys have in implementing their system. I doubt a guy like Judge has his swing re-tooled by whoever the hitting coach is at the time.  But I do think that guys who are struggling or the Yankees think they can improve/fix are told do something repeatedly until it works for them (focus on bat speed, launch angle, and swinging at strikes).  And when it doesn't work, say to the detriment of OBA and lots of weak grounders, the hitting coach is the guy to target.

However, this team is full of aging vets and never has beens, it's hard to make that work.  Ten years ago, the Yankees rolled out the ghost of Ichiro! combined with Jayson Nix, Eduardo Nunez, Veron Wells, Travis Hafner, Lyle Overbay and Chris Stewart to support Robinson Cano’s walk year* and Rivera's last season.  But they won 85 games so ... yay?   Every season it's a rotating cast of old timers as a shell of their former selves and AAAA players to fill in for injured superstars making superstar money.

*And then let Cano walk for NOTHING knowing full well that they were going to low-ball him and not re-sign him.
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