New York Yankees - The Covid-19 Years (2020-2029)
 
   
 
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  Championships Top New York Players of the Twenty Twenties  
  2020 - WC beat Cleveland, ALDS lost to Tampa  
  2021 - WC Lost to Boston Pitchers:  
  2022 - ALDS def Cleveland; ALCS Lost to Houston Gerrit Cole (17.86) -   46  
    Jameson Taillon (3.57) -  17  
  BallPark: Clay Holmes (4.41) -  13  
  Yankee Stadium  Nestor Cortes (7.56) -  12  
    Aroldis Chapman (1.78) -   11  
  Team Name: Chad Green (2.8) -   7  
  Yankees  Jordan Montgomery (4.41) -    7  
    Clarke Schmidt (1.08) -  7  
  Owner:  Domingo German (2.8) -  5  
  Hal Steinbrenner Jonathan Loaisiga (3.26) -   5  
    Wandy Peralta (3.38) - 5  
  General Managers: Jhony Brito (0.7) - 4  
  Brian Cashman  Zack Britton (0.09) -   4  
    Michael King (5.55) -  4  
  Managers: Masahiro Tanaka (0.70) -  3  
  Aaron Boone  Luis Severino (0.46) -  3  
    Carlos Rodon (0) -  0  
  Hall of Famers:    
  None Catchers:  
    Jose Trevino (2.8) -  7  
  Rookie of the Year:  Gary Sanchez (0.4) -   6  
  None Kyle Higashioka (1.13) -   6  
       
    MVP:  First Basemen:  
  2022 - Aaron Judge Anthony Rizzo (3.32) -  10  
    Luke Voit (1.94) -   4  
  No Hitters:     
  2021 - Corey Kluber (Texas) Second Basemen:  
  2023 - Domingo German Gleyber Torres (7.76) -   31  
       
  Cy Young ShortStop:  
  2023 - Gerrit Cole Isiah Kiner-Falefa (3.05) -  12  
    Anthony Volpe (3.2) -  10  
  Notable Events:    
    Third Base:  
  2020 - The Yankees have settled into either a groove if you want to look DJ LeMahieu (9.46) -   23  
  at the silver lining or a rut if you want to look at the dark cloud. Gio Urshela (2.62) -   9  
  Because they are the most iconic franchise in the world in the biggest Josh Donaldson (2.27) -  5  
   biggest sports market in the world, the Yankees will always bring in the Matt Carpenter (2.36) -  4  
  big bucks. All you have to do is remain somewhat competitive.  
  The silver lining is that the Yankees have managed to remain somewhat  Outfield:  
  competitive. The dark cloud side of it is that with the resources and built in Aaron Judge (22.31) -   50  
  advantage that the Yankees have versus any other franchise, they have  Giancarlo Stanton (3.51) -    18  
  underachieved greatly since the turn of the century. Aaron Hicks (1.51) -   9  
  The 2020's are no exception. The Yankees have such a high floor due to Brett Gardner (1.75) -   6  
  their hugely deep pockets that they will pretty much always make it into Clint Frazier (0.38) -   6  
  the post season. The problem is that the Yankees ceiling once in the post Harrison Bader (0.81) -  5  
  season is always pretty low because their roster is always poorly constructed  
  and half baked.  Notable Events:  
  So, the glass is half empty or the glass is half full.    
    2024 - The Yankees were an extremely flawed team in '23 with holes everywhere.  
  2020-2022 - A second and two firsts with good, but not great records, as they They made only two significant moves in the off season, so there are still holes  
  go 33-27, 92-70 and 99-63. The 99-63 mainly on the back of Aaron Judge everywhere. That being said, the two moves could be huge.   
  who has one of the greatest seasons of all time going 62-131-.311.    
  It's certainly top ten of all time if you discount the steroid guys. Offense:  
    The Yankees traded a bunch of live young arms for Juan Soto, a twenty four  
  □ Ownership - Hal Steinbrenner. The Yankees could certainly use a good  year old lefty slugging superstar. Soto has transcendendant transformational  
  dose of his father's passion for winning. It's just not there with Hal.   talent. And he fulfills the biggest need on the Yankees,  a paucity of lefty  
  George obviously overdid it and needed to be suspended from the game  power hitting. How you field a Yankee team in Yankee stadium without  
  for several years to tone it all down, but you'll take that over what the  a bunch of lefty sluggers is mind boggling. How brain dead does a GM have  
  Yankees have got now. Hal will spend when his back is to the wall,  to be to not do that? The Yanks made a rare trade with the Red Sox  
  not before.  to pick up another lefty hitting outfielder in Alex Verdugo and they also picked  
    up yet another lefty hitting outfielder in the Soto trade in Trent Grisham.  
  □ General Manager - Brian Cashman is, by far, the most overrated GM in The offense has potentially one of the great one-two punches in history in  
  baseball history - and it's not even close. He never should have been hired Judge and Soto. It would be nice if Stanton would get his act together. The talent  
  into the position and he has never been up to handling it. He doesn't know  is still certainly there. Lefties Verdugo/Grisham and a, hopefully, concussion free  
  how to use the vast resources he has at hand to bully his way into getting Rizzo would add some decent lefty sticks to add some depth to the lineup.  
  to the top and he doesn't have the baseball savvy to build a championship There's also twenty four year old lefty hitting rookie catcher Austin Wells  
  team by wits and guile. The worst of both worlds. We'll spare the details who looks like he can hit altho' the Yanks will pay for it on the other end.  
  for now of poor roster construction after poor roster construction.  Gleyber Torres may not be the superstar once projected for him, but he's a   
  The Yankees make it into the post season every year, but any eleven year good player. SS Volpe showed some promise last year as a twenty two year old.  
  old could make that happen given what the Yankees have to work with. Lots of potential for improvement there. It would also be nice if 3B LaMehieu  
    could get a little of his mojo back.  
  □ Manager - The Yankees had a couple of great ones since the turn of the All in all, if all goes well, the Yankees should have a decent offense. However,  
  century. Joe Torre was a savvy guy and a perfect fit tempermentally for the if Stanton, LeMahieu and Rizzo continue to suck and Volpe doesn't improve  
  Yankees in the early part of the century. Torre was taken out in an internal and Wells falls on his face, even with Soto, it will be another long year in the Bronx.  
  power play by Cashman in '05. Joe Girardi replaced Torre and was just as    
  good. Girardi was able to coax extra wins out of every poorly constructed Pitchers (Injuries kill them):  
  roster he was handed for a decade. Girardi was dumped as a scapegoat The second significant move was picking up thirty three year old righty starter   
  for the Yankees not winning championships when everyone knew that he Marcus Stroman as a free agent from the Cubs. Stroman is not a star, but he  
  should have been lauded for getting train wrecks of rosters into the post is an excellent bet to bring stability to a rotation with lots of starts, not getting  
  season every year. Aaron Boone was handed the job in 2018 and has been hurt and effective, altho' not lights out, pitching. With the Yankees history of  
  a big nothingburger ever since. losing most of their rotation to injury every year, his durability is a huge plus.  
    There may be a possible number two starter on this squad, but there certainly is a   
  2023 - How can the Yankees have so little talent in their organization that  number one in Gerrit Cole and Stroman definitely slots in as a solid number three.   
  they have a lineup containing the likes of Oswaldo Cabrera, Willie Calhoun, Cashman rolled the dice last year on oft injured, high ceiling Carlos Rodon, a free  
  Anthony Volpe, Kyle Higashioka, Jose Trevino and Isiah Kiner-Falefa? agent pickup from the White Sox. Cashman came up craps last year. However,  
  How did they find all the banjos for these guys to hit with? Rodon is back this year and, if (a big if) he can stay healthy, he becomes that  
  This is the opposite of murderer's row. And, instead of a circular lineup, it's huge number two in the rotation. With Rodon healthy and productive, the Yankees  
  a dead end lineup. If it weren't for Judge, this wouldn't even be a AAA team. will be able to compete at a high level. If not, they are doomed.  
  The pitching staff is held together with scotch tape. No closer, and nothing There's not a whole lot of starting talent behind the big three.   
  close to a reliable starter outside of Gerrit Cole. Nestor Cortes had a big year a couple of years ago, he's a suspect at number four.  
  Plus, they're in a tough division with the always competitive Tampa, Toronto Clarke Schmidt, a replacement level pitcher, slots in at numbert five.  
  who are always one of the better teams around, a Baltimore club that is The bullpen is mediocre with Clay Holmes as their closer and not a whole lot   
  oozing with talented high draft picks, and Boston who are always good when behind him. Luckily, the Yankees have the financial resources (not sure about  
  you think they're going to be bad. the savvy or financial will) to pick up decent relievers along the way.   
       
  2023 - Wasn't hard to figure that the Yankees would suck. And they did.    
  Here's the most iconic franchise in the world with the most resources to draw    
  from in the biggest sports city in the world and all they could manage was 82-80.    
  It really is criminal how badly this franchise has been mismanaged since George    
  lost his health circa 2005. The last thing his son should be doing is running a     
  sports franchise, he has no feel for it. And the last thing Cashman should be    
  doing is anything other than janitorial work for any franchise.