yeah this guy constantly spewed his negativity on the yes forum. one of those so called "fans" who seem to root against the team to prove their negative view. they're more happy when the team loses so they can say "told you so". one season, after maybe 2 weeks, he proclaimed the season was over. same as "calling" a game with the team down in the 4th inning.
I mean lets be real here...
2010 Texas was clearly better than anyone else and the Yankees not bringing back Damon and or Matsui for one more year made the team worse.
2011 Detroit was a buzzsaw for the Yankees they could just never get by for a good 5 years.
2012 Literally exhausted their whole team just to beat Baltimore and then again Detroit in the way + Jeter broken ankle.
2013-14 No Playoffs
2015 Keuchel domination in wildcard game another pitcher the Yankees had major issues with.
2016 No Playoffs
2017 CHEATERS
2018 No one was beating that Red Sox team.
2019 Verlander + Cole + Houston Homefield. Yankees had a good team this year, but Houston was better.
2020 Close series, but Yankees had multiple injuries and the short season didn't really match their play style.
2021 This team actually was pretty good, but Boone rested people the last series putting the WC game in Fenway and we know how that went.
2022 Again Houston was way better.
2023 No Playoffs
This is the first time since 2009 you can realistically say there is no clear cut better team than the Yankees in the AL. There's no buzzsaw, impossible to beat, no pitcher the Yankees can't beat, no team they can't beat (They were only swept by the Reds all season in a 3 game series). They never lost more than 4 in a row. They had a 7 and an 8 game winning streak. They lead the AL in most offensive categories.
This is honestly their best season going into the playoffs since 2009 and we should have the most optimism in years.
