If there’s one thing that really threw the Yankees off their game this year, it was losing Gerrit Cole. The team’s entire starting rotation was built around him, and once he went down, the pitching staff never quite recovered.

In the other ALDS game of the day, the Mariners came out of a three-hour rain delay, the Mariners got down to business and took down the Tigers, holding on to an 8-4 victory thanks to home runs from Eugenio Suárez,

The Dodgers, who beat the Yankees in the 2024 World Series and on Saturday became the first club to win back-to-back titles since the 1998-2000 Yankees, “have become the class of baseball,” Rodriguez said. Whether the Yankees do enough this offseason to catch up to them remains to be seen.

Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees suffered an early postseason exit in 2025, falling in the divisional round to the Toronto Blue Jays. Despite the team’s struggles, Judge delivered the most complete season of his career.

While it isn't exactly 'Sophie's Choice,' New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman does have a difficult decision to make. Does he re-sign outfielder Cody

Often batting behind MVP-candidate Aaron Judge, the lefty-hitting Bellinger’s 13.7 percent strikeout rate was the lowest of his career, and he batted. 353 (1.016 OPS) in 176 plate appearances against lefty pitchers.

2009 — The New York Yankees win the World Series, beating the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 behind Hideki Matsui’s record-tying six RBIs. 2012 — Andrew Luck breaks the NFL’s single-game rookie record by throwing for 433 yards in leading Indianapolis to a 23-20 win over Miami

NEW YORK - If the Yankees find a way to reunite with Cody Bellinger, their winter work might be more about reshaping than remaking a roster that won 94 games in 2025. While the lefty-hitting Bellinger is the offseason centerpiece, the Yanks also need to upgrade their bullpen and rotation depth.