No matter what’s in the baseball world outside of the Bronx, the greater baseball-loving public just can’t seem to quit the Yankees. The boys in pinstripes are coming off their worst season in over three decades, as 2023 saw them finish fourth in the AL East and miss the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Their 82 wins was the lowest win total a Yankees team has put up since Buck Showalter took over as manager of a struggling franchise in 1992.
However, the mystique of a club with 27 World Series titles and some key offseason additions have the general public believing in the Bronx Bombers once again.