I got Axisa’d on this yesterday, but with the way the last few games have gone down I did want to touch on the back end of the roster topic while it was still relatively fresh.
The Yankees have definitely over-achieved in these first 27 games. I don’t think you’d find too many people who would say they honestly believed the Yankees would be 17-10 with a +32 run differential right now. They’ve done it by finding a pretty good balance between above-average starting pitching, elite late-game relief pitching, solid team defense, and a return to the “power and patience” approach that served their offense so well for years with just enough speed mixed in.