Just a week and a half ago, Yankees fans were riding high. The Bombers had just gone on a massive 13-game winning streak that put the team firmly in the driver’s seat for the Wild Card and which even made the AL East crown appear slightly more attainable than a pipe dream. All-around dominance from the lineup, the rotation, and the bullpen propelled the team to two weeks’ worth of wins, almost all of which came within a margin of victory of three runs or fewer.
Since then, however, the Yankees have been nothing short of catastrophic.