It was picture day for the 2022 New York Yankees on Wednesday, and the timing couldn’t have been much more unflattering.
MLB clubs take team pictures in August for reasons that become apparent if you think about it for a second: The trade deadline has passed, prospects turned key rookies are generally up, and the squad that people will remember — especially for playoff teams — has generally solidified. That logic is all well and good, but it’s also unsettling for this team at this moment.
The Yankees are in the midst of a nauseating stretch of losing that has people questioning the bonafides of a team that got off to a historic, threaten-the-all-time-win-record type of start.