NEW YORK -- The 2024 New York Yankees are, so far, a club defined by two contradictory chapters. There was the chapter before June 15, when they plowed the competition to the best record in the majors. Then there is the current chapter in which they've posted the second-worst record in baseball since that date, only better than the playing-for-the-distant-future Chicago White Sox.
Wednesday's 12-3 loss to the New York Mets marked a new low.
The Mets, coincidentally owners of the best record in the majors since June 15, completed a four-game season Subway Series sweep at Yankee Stadium, which was half-filled with Mets fans by the end of the rout.