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The Yankees’ loss in the World Series raises uncomfortable questions
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The Yankees’ loss in the World Series raises uncomfortable questions

There’s still one game left to play, and that’s probably not good news for these Yankees. Through three games – all losses – the Yankees show no signs of being on par with the Dodgers, let alone anyone in a World Series.

The questions that need to be asked now: Did they win a league that was unusually weak? And have we all (myself included) overrated them?

The Dodgers are killing them, and remember, LA is doing it with only three starting pitchers – one with a reported lower back problem that scared off those very Yankees, one returning from shoulder problems, and a third (Walker Buehler), the d has won just one game since returning from his second Tommy John surgery midseason – that is, before shutting out the Yankees in the Dodgers’ 4-2 win in Game 3.

Yankees center fielder Aaron Judge reacts on the field next to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. after Chisholm strikes out in the bottom of the 8th inning. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post

The real good news is that unless the Yankees become the first team to win the World Series after losing the first three games, there is nothing to regret in terms of a bad decision or decision. Everything points to the Yankees not having the caliber of a World Series winner.

The Yankees should win in Game 4 on Tuesday, with the depleted Dodgers playing a dreaded bullpen game against the extremely talented Luis Gil. But who knows more?

These Yankees should have a huge rotation advantage – of course, LA has five starters who are playing at good to all-time bests with various injuries – but LA’s starter has overwhelmingly won the last two meetings. Neither Game 3 starter Clarke Schmidt nor Carlos Rodon made it to the fourth round.

Luis Severino jokingly berated the Yankees via text message months ago, telling them they had “two batters,” and he might be right. He just had the wrong two. It’s now Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton. Aaron Judge continued his unreal October funk.

Yankees starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt #36 reacts during the second inning. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post

This is obviously not the real Judge, who is still considered one of the all-time greats.

But we probably need to reevaluate this team. It won 94 games, but it feels like the Yankees did it in a much worse league. Does anyone doubt that the Dodgers played against two much better teams – the Padres and Mets – to get here?


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Let’s not forget that these Mets, ostensibly a team in transition, beat the Yankees four games to four.

It’s time to face the reality that this is a flawed Yankees team, a team whose roster lacks real depth, a team that mismanages the bases, a team that doesn’t do little things. They didn’t do anything great in these three games either.

Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the New York Yankees is substituted at home and attempts to score on a single by Anthony Volpe #11 of the New York Yankees in the bottom of the fourth inning. Jason Scenes/New York Post

It took the Yankees 15 years to get back to the World Series, and when they finally got there, they looked like they didn’t belong.

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