CINCINNATI, OHIO - APRIL 03: Nick Castellanos #2 of the Cincinnati Reds looks on after a run in the third inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Great American Ball Park on April 03, 2021 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
For the first time since potentially 2005, the Yankees feel stuck in a malaise that they can’t get out of this late in a campaign.
That season, famously, the team responded to being stuck in the mud by making big changes — at least, comparatively.
Enter Chien-Ming Wang and Robinson Cano from the farm system.