The more things stay the same, the more they are going to have to change.
To their credit, the Yankees have generated some positive chatter, some industry notice, in this season-defining homestand out of the All-Star break. Yet they needed more than that. They needed a roll.
Five wins in nine games, which is how they’ve fared so far with one game to go, does not constitute a roll. Hence the rollout of Carlos Beltran and Aroldis Chapman, at the least, looms closer.
The Bronx run for relevance took a major blow Saturday, as the Yankees suffered a brutal, 12-inning 2-1 loss to the Giants at Yankee Stadium.