The Yankees’ bats have gone quiet at the worst time, and Alex Rodriguez thinks he knows why.

“I know if I was 22,” Alex Rodriguez said on Fox, referring to Gleyber Torres, “and I came and I see the lineup and every day it’s a different lineup, I would be discouraged. I would be crushed and disappointed before the game. He looked lost (Thursday), and that’s too bad.”

Most of the Yankees looked lost in Thursday night’s 8-3 loss to the Astros in Game 4 of the ALCS, but perhaps none more than Torres.

The usually impressive second baseman went 0-for-5 batting cleanup for the first time, and committed two errors. First baseman DJ LeMahieu also committed two uncharacteristic errors to help put the Yanks down 3-1 in the series.

Overall the Yankees went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position while stranding 10. Torres struck out with the bases loaded in the fifth, with the Yankees down 3-1, and Edwin Encarnacion also whiffed to end the inning.

The Yankees have used a different lineup in each game, with Giancarlo Stanton (quad) having been out since Game 1 and others like Gary Sanchez struggling.

Torres twice has batted third, while also hitting fourth and fifth.

The second-year infielder has struggled since dominating Minnesota in the ALDS and Houston in Game 1, when he went 3-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs.

In the last three games, Torres is 2-for-12 with three strikeouts.

“It’s so confusing,” Rodriguez said of the Yankees’ decisions.