The 2016 season somehow managed to be both crushingly disappointing and completely reinvigorating for many fans of the New York Yankees.
All of the key players returned from the 2015 team that earned a surprise postseason berth, but father time caught up with several key contributors simultaneously, rendering one of the league’s most dangerous offenses from the previous season more or less toothless.
While their rotation was one of the most talented units in the American League, the group underachieved badly, with no one aside from ace Masahiro Tanaka putting up a clearly above-average season.