New York Yankees - The Covid-19 Years (2020-2029)
 
   
 
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        2020 2 33 27   2023 4 82 80                         Decade  
        2021 1 92 70   2024 1 94 68                         Click  
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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 (19.86) -   49  
  2024 - Won Division; ALDS beat KC; ALCS beat Cleveland; WS lost to LA Clay Holmes (5.11) -  20  
    Jameson Taillon (3.57) -  17  
  BallPark: Nestor Cortes (10.16) -  17  
  Yankee Stadium  Aroldis Chapman (1.78) -   11  
    Carlos Rodon (1.1) -  11  
  Team Name: Luis Gil (3.72) -  9  
  Yankees  Clarke Schmidt (3.08) -  8  
    Chad Green (2.8) -   7  
  Owner:  Jordan Montgomery (4.41) -    7  
  Hal Steinbrenner Domingo German (2.8) -  5  
    Jonathan Loaisiga (3.26) -   5  
  General Managers: Wandy Peralta (3.38) - 5  
  Brian Cashman  Marcus Stroman (0.7) -  5  
       
  Managers: Catchers:  
  Aaron Boone  Jose Trevino (3.4) -  8  
    Austin Wells (2.6) -  7  
  Hall of Famers: Gary Sanchez (0.4) -   6  
  None Kyle Higashioka (1.13) -   6  
       
  Rookie of the Year:  First Basemen:  
  None Anthony Rizzo (3.52) -  12  
        
    MVP:  Second Basemen:  
  2022 - Aaron Judge Gleyber Torres (9.36) -   35  
       
  No Hitters: ShortStop:  
  2021 - Corey Kluber (Texas) Anthony Volpe (6.6) -  20  
  2023 - Domingo German Isiah Kiner-Falefa (3.05) -  12  
       
  Cy Young Third Base:  
  2023 - Gerrit Cole DJ LeMahieu (9.46) -   23  
    Gio Urshela (2.62) -   9  
  Notable Events: Josh Donaldson (2.27) -  5  
     
  2020 - The Yankees have settled into either a groove if you want to look Outfield:  
  at the silver lining or a rut if you want to look at the dark cloud. Aaron Judge (33.11) -   70  
  Because they are the most iconic franchise in the world in the biggest Giancarlo Stanton (4.21) -    25  
   biggest sports market in the world, the Yankees will always bring in the Juan Soto (7.9) -  13  
  big bucks. All you have to do is remain somewhat competitive. Aaron Hicks (1.51) -   9  
  The silver lining is that the Yankees have managed to remain somewhat  Brett Gardner (1.75) -   6  
  competitive. The dark cloud side of it is that with the resources and built in Clint Frazier (0.38) -   6  
  advantage that the Yankees have versus any other franchise, they have  Harrison Bader (0.81) -  5  
  underachieved greatly since the turn of the century. Alex Verdugo (0.7) -  5  
  The 2020's are no exception. The Yankees have such a high floor due to  
  their hugely deep pockets that they will pretty much always make it into Notable Events:  
  the post season. The problem is that the Yankees ceiling once in the post    
  season is always pretty low because their roster is always poorly constructed 2024 - The Yankees were an extremely flawed team in '23 with holes everywhere.  
  and half baked.  They made only two significant moves in the off season, so there are still holes  
  So, the glass is half empty or the glass is half full. everywhere. That being said, the two moves could be huge.   
       
  2020-2022 - A second and two firsts with good, but not great records, as they Offense:  
  go 33-27, 92-70 and 99-63. The 99-63 mainly on the back of Aaron Judge The Yankees traded a bunch of live young arms for Juan Soto, a twenty four  
  who has one of the greatest seasons of all time going 62-131-.311.  year old lefty slugging superstar. Soto has transcendendant transformational  
  It's certainly top ten of all time if you discount the steroid guys.  talent. And he fulfills the biggest need on the Yankees,  a paucity of lefty  
     power hitting. How you field a Yankee team in Yankee stadium without  
  □ Ownership - Hal Steinbrenner. The Yankees could certainly use a good  a bunch of lefty sluggers is mind boggling. How brain dead does a GM have  
  dose of his father's passion for winning. It's just not there with Hal.   to be to not do that? The Yanks made a rare trade with the Red Sox  
  George obviously overdid it and needed to be suspended from the game  to pick up another lefty hitting outfielder in Alex Verdugo and they also picked  
  for several years to tone it all down, but you'll take that over what the up yet another lefty hitting outfielder in the Soto trade in Trent Grisham.  
  Yankees have got now. Hal will spend when his back is to the wall, The offense has potentially one of the great one-two punches in history in  
  not before. Judge and Soto. It would be nice if Stanton would get his act together. The talent  
    is still certainly there. Lefties Verdugo/Grisham and a, hopefully, concussion free  
  □ General Manager - Brian Cashman is, by far, the most overrated GM in Rizzo would add some decent lefty sticks to add some depth to the lineup.  
  baseball history - and it's not even close. He never should have been hired There's also twenty four year old lefty hitting rookie catcher Austin Wells  
  into the position and he has never been up to handling it. He doesn't know  who looks like he can hit altho' the Yanks will pay for it on the other end.  
  how to use the vast resources he has at hand to bully his way into getting Gleyber Torres may not be the superstar once projected for him, but he's a   
  to the top and he doesn't have the baseball savvy to build a championship good player. SS Volpe showed some promise last year as a twenty two year old.  
  team by wits and guile. The worst of both worlds. We'll spare the details Lots of potential for improvement there. It would also be nice if 3B LaMehieu  
  for now of poor roster construction after poor roster construction.  could get a little of his mojo back.  
  The Yankees make it into the post season every year, but any eleven year All in all, if all goes well, the Yankees should have a decent offense. However,  
  old could make that happen given what the Yankees have to work with. if Stanton, LeMahieu and Rizzo continue to suck and Volpe doesn't improve  
    and Wells falls on his face, even with Soto, it will be another long year in the Bronx.  
  □ Manager - The Yankees had a couple of great ones since the turn of the    
  century. Joe Torre was a savvy guy and a perfect fit tempermentally for the Pitchers (Injuries kill them):  
  Yankees in the early part of the century. Torre was taken out in an internal The second significant move was picking up thirty three year old righty starter   
  power play by Cashman in '05. Joe Girardi replaced Torre and was just as Marcus Stroman as a free agent from the Cubs. Stroman is not a star, but he  
  good. Girardi was able to coax extra wins out of every poorly constructed is an excellent bet to bring stability to a rotation with lots of starts, not getting  
  roster he was handed for a decade. Girardi was dumped as a scapegoat hurt and effective, altho' not lights out, pitching. With the Yankees history of  
  for the Yankees not winning championships when everyone knew that he losing most of their rotation to injury every year, his durability is a huge plus.  
  should have been lauded for getting train wrecks of rosters into the post There may be a possible number two starter on this squad, but there certainly is a   
  season every year. Aaron Boone was handed the job in 2018 and has been  number one in Gerrit Cole and Stroman definitely slots in as a solid number three.   
  a big nothingburger ever since. Cashman rolled the dice last year on oft injured, high ceiling Carlos Rodon, a free  
    agent pickup from the White Sox. Cashman came up craps last year. However,  
  2023 - How can the Yankees have so little talent in their organization that Rodon is back this year and, if (a big if) he can stay healthy, he becomes that  
  they have a lineup containing the likes of Oswaldo Cabrera, Willie Calhoun, huge number two in the rotation. With Rodon healthy and productive, the Yankees  
  Anthony Volpe, Kyle Higashioka, Jose Trevino and Isiah Kiner-Falefa? will be able to compete at a high level. If not, they are doomed.  
  How did they find all the banjos for these guys to hit with? There's not a whole lot of starting talent behind the big three.   
  This is the opposite of murderer's row. And, instead of a circular lineup, it's Nestor Cortes had a big year a couple of years ago, he's a suspect at number four.  
  a dead end lineup. If it weren't for Judge, this wouldn't even be a AAA team. Clarke Schmidt, a replacement level pitcher, slots in at numbert five.  
  The pitching staff is held together with scotch tape. No closer, and nothing The bullpen is mediocre with Clay Holmes as their closer and not a whole lot   
  close to a reliable starter outside of Gerrit Cole. behind him. Luckily, the Yankees have the financial resources (not sure about  
  Plus, they're in a tough division with the always competitive Tampa, Toronto the savvy or financial will) to pick up decent relievers along the way.   
  who are always one of the better teams around, a Baltimore club that is    
  oozing with talented high draft picks, and Boston who are always good when    
  you think they're going to be bad.    
       
  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.