See Also New York Yankees , Aaron Boone noticed something a little off in his Yankees over the next two days in Miami. The Yankees looked lifele s in a shutout lo s Saturday and then followed with a 1 of 162 level of memorable in a lo s Sunday to complete the Marlins three-game sweep. That lo s kind of just being a little disheartening, and thats the part where weve got like, OK, screw that, get over yourself, this isnt feel-sorry-for-yourself time, Boone said Tuesday on . While Boone often is criticized for going easy on his players, he challenged them Tuesday amid a four-game losing streak that featured another crippling lo s Monday in an 8-5 walk-off defeat to the Rangers after struggling closer The Yankees (60-53) enter Tuesday just 1 1/2 games clear of a playoff berth, and could po sibly leave Texas on the outside looking in if Marc-edouard Vlasic Jersey they get swept and Seattle wins one of its next two games. Aaron Boone agrees that the Friday night Marlins lo s had a lingering effect on the team "Get over yourself, this isn't feel sorry for yourself time" Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) Aaron Boones Yankees are skidding. AP Explore More We need to get to that next level of, I dont care whats going on, I dont care if Ive made a mistake, if Ive done well in a game, Boone said before Tuesdays game. This is about us and lets frickin go, and having that next level, I dont know about anger, you got to control your emotions in this game, but you gotta have that, make sure we have that fire going, especially when youre going through a stretch where youre losing some tough games and youve lost, and youve dug yourself a hole like, its not woe is me, feel sorry for me, that burn has to be there and its like, lets go. Lets go. 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. Boone acknowledged that part of the Yankees i sues in Miami following Fridays defeat which featured them holding 6-0, 9-4 and 12-10 leads as the new relievers failed stemmed from the pitchers they faced. Eury Perez and Edward Cabrera shut them down, which led to a listle s offense. And any team featuring a Dead Bats Society is not exactly going to look energized. Not helping things was Jazz Chisholms , which seemed to halt even the little momentum the Yankees may have had. Mondays game featured a more inspired effort, with the Yankees grabbing a 3-0 early lead and rallying to take a 5-4 lead into the ninth, before Williams surrendered a game-tying homer in the ninth to Joc Pederson, . The Rangers won, 8-5, on a walk-off homer Monday night. AP The Marlins celebrate a walk-off win last Friday. Getty Images Trade acquisition Jake Bird then had a disastrous outing for the second time in three appearances since being acquired, allowing a walk-off three-run homer to Josh Jung that . Obviously, its been terrible, but right now, its like you got to get over that. No one feels bad for ya. The tough part about it, or frustrating part about it is, I know we have the people to get it done, Boone said. Time is of the e sence. We continue to dig a bigger hole for us. We still have time to go on our run, but thats just talk right now. We gotta go have it. Aaron Boone discu sing the Yankees on Tuesday. @TalkinYanks/X While the Yankees try to get on the right path, Boone said he still believes this team, at its best, can be better than any hes managed in recent years. But theres a difference between what a perceived ceiling may be and what a team actually is in the win column. And these Yankees are now just seven games above .500. The difficult thing for me right now is, I really feel like we potentially have such a good team right now and we have not been able to put it together. And a big part of that is on me. I gotta help set the tone to put these guys in the position to realize their potential, Boone said. I tell a lot of people privately, Ill tell you guys now, in a lot of ways I feel like potentially this is the best team weve had here over the last several years, but we got to put it together and go realize that potential because thats all it is right now, we lose these games, we got to go. I do absolutely believe that we have that run in us, especially with the personnel we have, but talk is cheap. This is just on paper right now, it has to happen. Owen Nolan Jersey