Another season is complete. Both in 2018 and in our 2013 time travel series. The 2013 Yankees went 85-77 with a -21 run differential, and they missed the postseason for the first time since 2008. It was a bad, ugly, no fun year with a revolving door of replacement level injury replacements. We got to say farewell to Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte. The rest of the season isn’t worth reliving.
Heading into the 2013-14 offseason, we all wondered two things. One, would Joe Girardi return? The answer was ultimately yes, but his contact expired after the season and his hometown Cubs would surely come calling.