{"id":642057,"date":"2026-03-25T05:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/642057\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T05:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:15:23","slug":"yankees-are-running-it-back-but-primed-to-be-even-better-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/642057\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees are running it back \u2014 but primed to be even better this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Yankees are <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/11\/sports\/yankees-know-running-it-back-doesnt-change-ultimate-goal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bringing back virtually the very same team<\/a> that won 94 regular-season games but ultimately disappointed their expectant fans, many of whom buy into The Boss\u2019s famous claim that anything less than a World Series win is a failure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s certainly no guarantee they will become World Champions after failing to do so 16 straight years. And being due \u2014 or in this case way overdue \u2014 isn\u2019t a real analytic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, their Tampa camp exuded a quiet confidence, and for good reason. It might have been nice to fit a new big-time star for pinstripes, but this team, even as boringly constructed as it is, still should have an excellent chance to at least get back to the World Series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees write arguably the best lineup in baseball. It\u2019s hard to top the two-time defending champion Dodgers\u2019 Cooperstown-ready batting order, but let\u2019s not forget: The Yankees did lead MLB in runs and a bunch of other offensive categories last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Yankees are bringing back virtually the very same team that won 94 regular-season games but ultimately disappointed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,4245,161,4,62,185,430,428,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-642057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-cubs","11":"tag-chicagocubs","12":"tag-cubs","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-new-york-yankees","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-columnists","17":"tag-sports-plus","18":"tag-spring-training"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116288116008539833","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}