TAMPA, Fla. — The 2023 Yankees were a catastrophe.
Yes, a late-September surge ensured an above-.500 finish, but last year’s club delivered the franchise’s worst single-season record since 1992. In the first year after Aaron Judge’s landmark re-signing, he and his teammates spent October on the couch, marking the first time the Yankees had missed the postseason since 2016.
The entire organization is well aware of how bad things got — Yankees in various roles have been vocal this spring about last year’s trainwreck — but it’s always refreshing to see ownership take ownership.