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The New York Yankees are running it and not many fans are happy about it.
Sure, it doesn’t seem like a bad idea to keep a majority of a 94-win team that only lost the division due to a head-to-head tiebreaker.
However, the Yankees’ title drought reached 16 seasons after being embarrassed by the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Division Series, and calls for a trade were louder than ever.
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Derek Jeter holds his plaque with Hal Steinbrenner during his No. 2 jersey retirement ceremony at Yankee Stadium on May 14, 2017, in New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
However, those changes did not occur.
The Yankees added just one person to their 40-man roster: left-handed pitcher Ryan Weathers, while relievers Devin Williams and Luke Weaver went to their crosstown rival, the New York Mets. Everything else is the same.
However, for Yankees legend Derek Jeter, it’s all about getting hot at the right time.
“It’s a long season. I used to say it when I played – and people got tired of me saying it – the best teams make the postseason, and the hottest team wins. The teams that get there, the hottest team can win a World Series,” Jeter told Pak Gazette Digital in a recent interview. “They had a successful regular season, they didn’t finish the way they wanted, but I’m sure things change. Trade deadline, injuries, a lot of things happen. So obviously they like the position they’re in, and we’ll see what happens.”
Do you like the position they are in?
Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees jumps after hitting the winning single against the Baltimore Orioles in the ninth inning of a baseball game in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
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“It all comes down to the trade deadline, man. Teams change dramatically at the trade deadline,” Jeter added.
With the Los Angeles Dodgers back-to-back World Series champions breaking payroll records and adding Edwin Diaz and Kyle Tucker, Hal Steinbrenner has been public enemy number one in the Bronx, but Jeter came to his defense, as he did a few years ago when Steinbrenner was booed by the Yankees fan base, and Jeter urged them to cheer.
“Yankee fans have high expectations. They’ve always had high expectations. For them, if they don’t win the World Series, it’s a failure. In that sense, I have the same mentality. So I feel frustration,” Jeter said. “But I’m sure Hal is frustrated, too. Hal has been willing to go out and get players and put the Yankees in a position to win. But ultimately, you have to go out there and perform.”
Ironically, the Yankees went 32-12 in their last 44 games, including wins in each of the last eight. So being the most popular team didn’t work out for the Yankees.
Derek Jeter looks on before the 93rd MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at T-Mobile Park on July 11, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
In any case, it would be a surprise to see the Yankees not play baseball in October, but it hasn’t been surprising to see failures that month.
