About three weeks ago, I stumbled across this excellent article from FanGraphs writer Dan Szymborski about the Mets disastrous season, and it got me thinking about where exactly the Yankees season went wrong. I mean, to say that the Yankees didn’t live up to our predictably lofty expectations as fans is one thing, but does the data from the beginning of the year back up those expectations?
Leading up to the start of this season, the Yankees were widely viewed by many to be not only the favourites to come out of the American League, but also legitimate World Series contenders.