TURNING THE PAGE

This season’s Yankees certainly failed my expectations - not that I was expecting them to win the World Series; but, in terms of wins and excitement at the end, it was a big letdown.  They only won 84 games (5 short of my prediction) and they didn’t even make it to the wildcard - which, I must admit, as the season winded down, was actually something I didn’t want them to achieve.  Yes, of course I’m a fan, but my reasoning was based on the structured team they had at that time.  That mainly included no true reliable starter.  For those who might argue that Tanaka was reliable, then I would pose this question for the other games, “Who would have pitched the following playoff games after the wildcard game?”  I just couldn’t bear to see us get further humiliated than we already did during the final weeks of the regular season.  It was clear that the youth movement of trades we made were strong stepping stones for the 2017 and 2018 seasons and beyond.

Elaborating on my last point, we truly should have a very exciting 2017 season with multiple youngsters!  As I’ve written so many past blogged articles, the Yankees’ youth movement is something that  brings us back to the same kind of plan that Gene Michael led with Brian Sabean and Buck Showalter  back in the early to mid 90s, something that historically paid off.  My last article talked about the sensation we’ve already witnessed that was provided by Gary Sanchez.  This offseason will help determine what other players will join Gary and the already-established MLB players they have on their 25-man roster.

I, for one, anticipate a better and more exciting team with the added youth onto next season's roster.  I'm anxious to see who else we add and what the team will look like as a whole within next 4 months!!