Good Is Not Good Enough for the Yankees: Unchecked

The Yankees wild-card loss to the Red Sox showed good is not good enough.

Gerrit Cole was supposed to be the piece to put the Yankees over the top, but considering he was no ace in the wild-card, the entire organization is now facing the reality that exists for the Yanks...good is not good enough.

“Closed the gap” is an interesting choice of words for the 2009 World Series Champion New York Yankees. https://t.co/2J8xWeGgsD

— Randy Scott (@RandyScottESPN) October 6, 2021

Baseball is built to be played over a 162 game season, so it is never the most sensible thing to evaluate everything over one game. However, if you’re looking for a reason the New York Yankees season ended abruptly, look no further than Cole not making it to the third inning. Which could've been the result of simply a bad performance, a hamstring injury, or him losing the ever so difficult grip on the ball.

That has led to a possible reckoning for a team that went 22 games over .500. In a vacuum that doesn’t seem reasonable, however, given the history and payroll in the Bronx, 2009 may as well be Babe Ruth’s time as that is the last instance when MLB was in an Empire State of Mind.

This is now 12 years without even a World Series appearance for the #Yankees. That's one shy of the 13 years they failed to get there between 1982-1995. That ended with the introduction of the Wild Card Era. Some franchises have higher standards. Just getting in isn't acceptable.

— Alan Hahn (@alanhahn) October 6, 2021

This means Aaron Boone, who has averaged 98-wins a year as manager may not get the chance to be the skipper again. And Brian Cashman, who brought him in, could also be under fire, as many believe his long tenure should be coming to an end, as Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton alone are not a complete lineup.

A lot of #yankees fans want Aaron Boone out, which is fine. But Brian Cashman is the one who builds the team and hasn't gotten them to the World Series in 13 years. He's got to be questioned at some point here.

— Zach Braziller (@NYPost_Brazille) October 6, 2021

It’s a rough business when winning more than you lose could still lead to you losing your job, but for Pete’s sake, the Yankees were expected to stick around longer than they did.

WOW THAT WAS FAST pic.twitter.com/rvaNndtk2h

— Justin (@JustinMLB) October 6, 2021