The 2021 Yankees have severely underperformed. As of Wednesday afternoon, they sit 2.5 games out of the second Wild Card spot (only one in the loss column) and nine back in the division (eight in the loss column). They haven’t missed the playoffs since 2016, and they also missed the dance in 2013 and 2014. Is this year’s team as bad as those years’?
For this exercise, I am not paying attention to expectations. For example, the 2013 Yankees obviously had lower expectations than the 2021 Yankees. I am simply comparing the stats. Additionally, everything below is looking at the time period from 2013 to 2021.