Yankees Have A Winning Formula No Team Can Copy

Young Yankees are already showing salivation-worthy promise. But rebuilding with a youth movement is nothing new. The Cubs did it in fine fashion last year, and now many clubs are trying to collect a small army of minor league talent; yeah, that’s right Chicago White Sox, I’m looking at you. But no other team in the league—in any league—can or will restart their winning ways in the same (secret) Yankees way.

The Yankees today are still more promise than production. They are off to a great start, but it’s a long season. All we can say with certainty today is that the most they can lose this year are 152 games. Comforting.

But there is a lot of promise in the production we have seen. The Yankees are not just playing; they are winning…a lot. Aaron Judge has cut down on strikes and is hitting a home run almost every day. The one he hit on the 19^th went so high it made God flinch. Tanaka is the ace again, and Severino looks ready for a titular challenge. Even Greg Bird has broken out and is writing “Extra Bases” on every ball he hits.

Okay, that’s the easy part. Yes, the Yankees have put together a first place team with great young players and look like world beaters. Been there, dynasty-ed that. No, recently revealed documents have revealed the Yankees secret plan, and it is pure Evil Empire*.

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Over two-plus years ago, the Yankees held a meeting in Tampa, in the Old Man’s old office. All the power players were there although some of them merely appeared as 3-dimensional projections, ala Ben Kenobi. They could see the end coming for guys such as Teixeira and A-Rod, and they knew they needed a change.

But that change could not be like any other. There was an edict from on high, and no one could leave that room until a plan could be made. The edict? More of a litany: no losing seasons, no extra money spent until after 2017, and the team must immediately get both younger and better at the same time.

And they must start winning no later than the Fall of 2016. Remember that this was during Tex’s last year and a full year and a half before aging A-Rod retires. Still, the Steinbrenners demanded that the Yanks not just add talent but be assured the Yankees would win more games with these new players.

That last one was a tall order. It proved to be the real sticking point. Suggestions were made, and arguments ensued. The consensus seemed hopeless. Until one young, the unnamed executive came up with a new, and revolutionary, idea. And it is this concept that has led to the current success.