Since the Yankees are alleged to love analytics so much, they have to be discouraged by a number that finally appeared on Fangraphs during this weekend’s sweep at the hands of the rival Red Sox, the very first sweep suffered at Yankee Stadium this year.
Yes, the Yankees’ World Series odds finally hit zero. Yes, specifically, 0.0 percent.
So Fangraphs mathematically validated what we think we’ve been watching for a while now.
The Yankees, officially (or as officially as it gets in baseball), have no chance to attain their well-known annual goal of winning the World Series.
Which puts them in the company of only the Tigers, White Sox, Royals, Angels, A’s, Nationals, Rockies and now the Mets, whose 1.5 percent odds to make the playoffs odds are actually three times better than those of the Yankees, thanks to the recent spirited play of the team from Queens.
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