It’s one of baseball’s biggest questions heading out of the All-Star break: just who are these New York Yankees? Are they the team that shot out of the gate, streaking to 50 wins against just 22 losses? A team that despite missing its reigning AL Cy Young Award winning ace, Gerrit Cole, for most of the season, had one of the best rotations and bullpens in baseball? A club riding a rookie surprise package, Luis Gil, who posted a 2.03 ERA through his first 14 starts, more or less out of nowhere? Are they the team with an offense resembling something out of the Yankee past, with Juan Soto, acquired in a blockbuster deal with San Diego in December, immediately making himself at home, posting MVP numbers as the Bomber offense soared even while Aaron Judge took time to heat up. Judge did eventually hot up, by the way, to levels approaching the heat of the sun, putting up some of the gaudiest first-half numbers in recent memory: 34 home runs, 24 doubles and a Ruthian OPS, but I digress. Are the Yankees a team that finally took the pressure off manager Aaron Boone and general manager Brian Cashman, who under tremendous scrutiny prior to acquiring Soto, had seemingly finally put together a roster capable of doing something the Yanks haven’t done since 2009: reach a World Series.
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