Eduardo Nunez hit one homer for the 2012 Yankees.
That might be the most trivial bit of trivia ever. Except for this: Nunez was the only Yankee in his age-28-or-under season to homer in the last season in which the Yanks won the AL East.
If they are to overtake Nunez’s Red Sox to capture the division in 2018, the Yankees will be operating in a way as different as speed metal is to elevator music. For on Sunday, Gleyber Torres’ walk-off, three-run homer against the Indians was the 47th homer this year delivered by a 28-or-under Yankee — 12 more than any other team.