The Yankees have done the tough part. They rather seamlessly replaced the irreplaceable Mariano Rivera.
Three different closers – David Robertson, Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman – have excelled in succeeding the greatest closer of them all. In fact, the presence of Dellin Betances has provided the Yankees an elite 1-2 end game in all of these seasons since 2014.
And in those years, the Yankees usually could stretch to a third reliable guy, whether it be Adam Warren or Justin Wilson or, as was the case for half a season in 2016, the full devastating trio of Betances, Miller and Chapman.