On Friday, the broken and bruised Yankees will return home to try to revive a season they still hope to save.

The “faithful” at Yankee Stadium, though, might not be quite as charitable.

The Yankees have lost seven of their last nine games since their previous home game, pushing them further out of the playoff chase and below.500 for the first time in almost two years.

If the Yankees can’t turn things around this weekend against the Red Sox, their fans will get agitated.

After the Yankees were swept by the Braves and were shut out for the second straight game, Aaron Judge noted that the team was “excited to get back home.” Stop the trip right now. Not everything worked out, but there’s still work to be done.

Take Thursday off; it’s time to regroup and go back to work. We’re within striking distance of our ideal streak.

However, there have been few indications that the Yankees are on the verge of achieving even one of those streaks.

Their previous series win was a three-game sweep against the lowly Royals last month, and otherwise they are 1-9-3 across their last 13 games.

Since winning four in a row from May 27-30, the Yankees’ lone three-game winning streak came in that series.

Instead, they’ve only been on losing streaks as of late, with a season-high five games down heading into Friday.

Why would Yankees manager Aaron Boone indicate otherwise if the team is still capable of turning things around? but at the end of the dismal road journey, she sounded more resigned to reality.

“I’ve been in this game my whole life, and it doesn’t always go the way you script it or hope,” Boone remarked. To paraphrase, “You gotta keep figҺting and that’s what we’ll continue to do.”

Boone has been using recent examples of clubs who made miraculous postseason runs in recent weeks.

On Wednesday night, he did it again, this time mentioning the 1995 Yankees as the last club in the franchise’s history to go winless at this point in the season before qualifying his statement.

“I get that it looks bleak,” he admitted. I don’t want to give the impression that we’re ready to discuss that [playoff run]. We need to take care of business at home first. However, we should keep in mind that there is still a considerable amount of the season remaining.

The Yankees’ problems, highlighted by the team’s frustratingly inconsistent lineup and a rotation that has taken its share of recent blows, have been obvious for some time, but they were on full display this week during a three-game series against the Braves at Truist Park.

The finest team record in baseball showed itself, with the pitching staff blanking the Yankees and the relentless lineup giving Boone’s staff a run for their money.

When questioned about the distance between the Yankees and Braves, Boone responded, “Right now, it’s big.” That’s a tough and effective lineup over there.

Many of their star players are at the height of their abilities and having exceptional years. It’s a glimpse of the form and function you envision for it.

There is still a long way to go for the Yankees.

As they wait, the club directly ahead of them in the AL East and the wild-card chase travels to The Bronx on Friday.

In his opinion, “we’ve seen spurts of it throughout the year where we kind of get on a hоt streak,” Judge said. We haven’t really received that long hоt streak this year, but we’re still hoping for it. There’s no time like the present.”