The Yankees Are the Most Underwhelming Team in Baseball: Where Do They Go From Here?
Every year the Yankees are expected to be World Series contenders and it's an entirely fair expectation. No other team in baseball can offer a richer tradition, more exciting city atmosphere, or the available resources that the Yankees have in New York. Yet somehow they haven't really been a viable threat to win the World Series since their last championship run in 2009. This has been especially surprising since the 2017 season. That year, the team's new core of young players developed rapidly and surprisingly pushed the eventual champion Houston Astros to a game seven in the ALCS. It was unusual to see the Yankees as underdogs but as a young team on the rise, that was sure to be short-lived. Still, four full seasons have elapsed since that run and it remains the highwater mark for these Yankees. They've been a good team - winning at least 100 games in both 2018 and 2019 - but have done nothing to separate themselves from other good teams come October. So what's ma