In the midst of their fourth-longest title drought in franchise history, the Yankees are in win-now mode. They’ve taken on the second-highest payroll in the sport, headlined by acquisitions of the game’s top free agent in each of the last two off-seasons in an attempt to bolster their chances of winning a World Series in one of the next couple of seasons.
Though the team’s current run of championship-free baseball is unusual within the franchise’s own history, it’s still above-average when it comes to the rest of the major league landscape. Only eight other franchises have won a championship since the Yankees were last on top, and only 13 have made a World Series more recently.