When the Yankees were trash in 2013 and ’14, we watched Stephen Drew, Brian Roberts, and the ghost of Kevin Youkilis take at bats. It wasn’t pretty to watch. The Yankees were an old, patchwork team, recycling aging veterans at each position to try to stay relevant because of their poor farm system. It worked briefly in 2015, but that season ended predictably in the Wild Card game. Fast forward to 2016 and everything changed. The once powerhouse Yankees became “sellers” for the first time in a long time and traded away Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller for pieces that would hopefully help the team down the line (2019 was the circled year).
Stop hugging the prospects
