The Yankees are running back largely the same roster as they had in their ALDS eliminationThe New York Yankees are running it back, and not many fans are happy about it.
Sure, it doesn't seem like a bad idea to keep a large majority of a 94-win team that only lost the division due to a head-to-head tiebreaker.
However, the Yankees' title drought reached 16 seasons after getting embarrassed by the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Division Series, and calls for change were louder than ever.
Those changes, though, did not come.
The Yankees added just one person to their 40-man roster in left-handed pitcher Ryan Weathers, while relievers Devin Williams and Luke Weaver went to their crosstown rival, the New York Mets. Everything else is all the same.
For Yankees legend Derek Jeter, though, it's all about getting hot at the right time.
"It’s a long season. I used to say it when I played – and people got tired of me saying it – the best teams make it to the postseason, and the hottest team wins. Teams that get there, whoever’s hottest can win a World Series," Jeter said to Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "They had a successful regular season, didn’t end up how they wanted to, but I’m sure things change. Trade deadline, injuries, a lot of things happen. So they obviously like the position they’re in, and we’ll see what happens."
Does he like the position they're in?
"It all comes down to the trade deadline, man. Teams change dramatically at the trade deadline," Jeter added.[
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