The 2010s started off promising. 2009 ended with the team’s 27th championship, the Yankees acquired All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson and re-acquired perennial National League stalwart Javier Vazquez. Ok, maybe that last one was a sign of things to come.
While they won at least 95 games a season from 2010-2012, the Yankees core was aging rapidly and the team failed to reach a World Series. The years that followed were highlighted by farewell tours and mediocrity. If not for the late-decade resurgence, the 2010s would have been an outright disaster. The Yankees goal is and always will be to win a World Series, so any season that doesn’t end with a parade is considered a failure.