When the New York Yankees arrived at the ballpark on May 17, 2022, they were on top of the world. Their record stood at a major league best 26-9, they were in the middle of a modest four-game winning streak, and — history tells us — they’d eventually climb as high as 38 games over .500 at 61-23 through 84 games. But history also tells us that they’d go 38-40 over the final 78 games and end the season with a disheartening four-game sweep in the ALCS at the hands of the Houston Astros.
As the 2024 Yankees head into this weekend’s three-game series with the Chicago White Sox, they are similarly positioned. At 30-15 they have the best record in the American League, just one game off the pace set by the National League’s Philadelphia Phillies, and while we might be wise to remember what happened two years ago before we begin making plans for October, something about this team feels different, doesn’t it?
We’re not quite a third of the way through the season, but we could be looking at something special. Let’s! Go! Yan! Kees!
