Revisiting the MLBTR Archives: July 2013

Soriano. (Al Bello/Getty)The All-Star break is a few days away and that means we’re now into the month of July. A great month for trade rumors, it is. Once July rolls around, it means the season is more than halfway complete, the contenders have (mostly) separated themselves from the pretenders, and teams are trying like crazy to address their weaknesses before the July 31st trade deadline.

The Yankees went into July 2013 with a 42-39 record and a -16 run differential and were ever bit as mediocre as that record suggests. They closed out June with five straight losses and 13 losses in 18 games. Hug the 2018 Yankees tight, folks. And yet, despite all that, the 2013 Yankees were only four…