2025 Yankees just drew a parallel to 1998 World Series team that nobody saw coming

The 2025 New York Yankees might be peaking at the perfect time. With an extra-innings win over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, New York has now won seven of 10, and its 28-14 record since Aug. 6 is the best in baseball during that stretch.

The Yankees, now 88-68 on the season, entered Monday with a three-game cushion atop the American League Wild Card standings, and they still aren't out of the AL East race, either, just two games back of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Things have really come together for Aaron Boone’s club over the last few weeks. New York’s pair of behemoth bats (Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton) are healthy, something Yankees fans know not to take for granted. Furthermore, dire concerns over Max Fried from this summer have of late been replaced by a pleasant feeling that he’s returned to ace form, thanks to Fried's string of excellent showings.

Vibes are good in the Bronx, and upon further inspection, some underlying numbers are hinting that this might be a special, championship-worthy Yankees club.

The 2025 Yankees just reached a unique statistical marker last accomplished by the legendary 1998 Yankees

Yankees fans in their 30s or older will remember the sheer joy that came with watching the 1998 team. In short, this squad was an utterly dominant locomotive. The ’98 Yanks not only finished with a 114-48 regular season record and 11-2 playoff record on the way to sweeping the World Series, but the club also featured a slew of impressive individual performances.

Derek Jeter finished No. 3 in AL MVP voting, and he had three teammates not wildly far behind in the running: Bernie Williams (No. 7), Paul O’Neill (No. 12), and David Wells (No. 16). Both Wells and David Cone finished in the top five in Cy Young voting (Wells third, Cone fourth). All of these guys made the All-Star team, except Cone, and we also haven’t mentioned third baseman Scott Brosius, another All-Star selection that season. Oh, and the Yankees had the No. 4 vote-getter for AL Rookie of the Year: Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez. It was a special team, and a special time.

Nowadays, the 2025 Yankees are hoping to mimic some of that energy in seeking their own return to the World Series. Yankees fans will be pleased to hear that this current iteration of the Bronx Bombers has just achieved something very specific that places them in rare company with the 1998 club: after Sunday’s win at Camden Yards, the Yankees have won seven consecutive road series in a single season for the first time since 1998.

Now the question is, will the Yankees be able to bottle their road success and carry it into the postseason? As an expected Wild Card entry, the Yankees will have to win some marquee games on the road to advance to their second fall classic in as many seasons. If New York can stay healthy, its chances feel strong.

And if that 1998 team was any indication, the 2025 Yankees, if they hit their stride, could end up proving a lot of people wrong.