Coming into the season, most analysts expected the New York Yankees to be one of the best teams in the American League. Although writers, scouts, fans, and projection systems alike all expressed some concerns about the Yankees’ boom-or-bust approach to constructing the starting rotation, almost everyone had confidence that the team’s offensive prowess and bullpen depth would be enough to keep the team atop the division and make them title contenders.
Obviously, that didn’t happen. Not surprisingly, the fanbase is pissed: on the regular, the comments section is filled with outrage against manager Aaron Boone and general manager Brian Cashman, and our most recent monthly general manager approval poll saw Cashman’s approval rating drop all the way to just 10 percent.