NEW YORK — The New York Yankees don’t see any correlation between the past four summers in which they have gone from starting hot to stinking like the air over a midtown subway platform, and they’re not worried about it happening again this year.“It’s all kind of annoying,” manager Aaron Boone said of the talk among fans and the media about the Yankees’ recent summer swoons, before a 5-4 loss to the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday.“We’ve got to play well over the long haul. Every year is going to be unique.”Boone is right. No two seasons are the same, and when teams slide, the reasons rarely repeat themselves exactly.But it’s also indisputable that the Yankees have had trouble in recent seasons when the weather gets warmer in the Bronx.Since 2022, they have had a .641 winning percentage (143-80) entering June. Then their fortunes decline.For those past four seasons, they have won at a .571 clip (60-45) in June. Then they slide to .460 in July (46-54) and to .454 (50-60) in August.Yet they have rebounded impressively in September and October, winning .636 percent (70-40) of their games.What gives?Second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. wasn’t sure. Approached by a reporter to talk about how the summer months have been a challenge for the Yankees, he immediately responded, “The last (few) years, right?” Chisholm joined the Yankees via trade at the 2024 deadline but was aware of the problem.“It’s (about), how can we keep our foot on the gas?” he said. “I think around this time, we’re normally cruising in first place every year. … I mean, we’re not cruising in first place right now, but we’re not playing bad baseball, either. I think we know we’re going to be OK, that it’s a long season.”The Yankees and Rays are in a tight race for the division — and the best record in the AL. (Ishika Samant / Getty Images)The Yankees enter Thursday 36-25 — one game back of the first-place Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East. New York’s record is the second-best in the AL.But big trouble had already shown up — and right on time.On Monday — the first day of June — the Yankees learned that star slugger Aaron Judge had a right rib bone bruise, an injury that had been affecting him as he struggled at the plate for weeks, Boone said. Judge was out of the lineup for the losses to Cleveland on Tuesday and Wednesday, and he’s scheduled to undergo more imaging. If he has to miss much time, yet another summer slide may be inevitable.“Huge loss in the lineup,” left fielder Cody Bellinger said. “We’ve all got to pick it up around him.”