The New York Yankees are on the ropes, and it’s not just because they are losing. After the Toronto Blue Jays crushed them in the first two games of the ALDS, the Yankees are staring at an embarrassing playoff exit. The scores of 10-1 and 13-7 are ugly, but they don’t tell the whole story. The other half is a philosophical flaw in how the Yankees are built to win baseball games.

The Yankees led all of baseball in home runs, with a total of 274, and runs scored, with 849, and an average of 5.19 runs per game. But their lineup is designed for an “all or nothing” approach that racks up runs in bunches. A deeper dive into their performance reveals a power-based success and punishing fastballs—posting a collective slugging percentage of .452. But beneath this, a critical weakness lies.

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