One thing the Yankees can learn from the Rays

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images“If a basketball team loses by two points, everyone thinks the entire team needs to be torn down. If a basketball team wins by two points, nobody thinks anything needs to change. A four-point difference is the fate of the team” — Sam Miller.

The Yankees are out of the playoffs, and we’ll spend a good deal of the winter autopsying the organization. The team still has a strong roster, albeit one with some issues that will need addressing, but I don’t ever like to just point at the team that beat you and say, “we need to be like them.” In one particular instance, though, the Yankees should adopt the “no bullpen roles” approach of the team that…