For the second straight year, good news for the Los Angeles Dodgers in October means bad news for the New York Yankees. While the Yanks didn’t make it far enough this fall to face off with LA directly, the Dodgers’ brilliance is hurting them in indirect ways.
Take Blake Snell, for example, who has been the most dominant force in Major League Baseball since the playoffs began. Snell’s 0.86 ERA in three starts this postseason (21 innings) has been a painful reminder to everyone associated with the Yankees about what a terrible decision it was for New York not to acquire the left-hander on multiple occasions.