The 2022 MLB regular season has been a tale of two different campaigns for the Yankees.
Prior to the All-Star break, manager Aaron Boone’s club owned a 64-28 record. It was easily the best in baseball, and the American League East was all but theirs thanks to a 13-game cushion over the Rays. After a rough August, New York is currently 79-52 and has watched that double-digit divisional lead shrink to just six games.
August has been part of a two-month cooling-off period for the Yankees, but the most recent month has been the worst of all.