The Yankees haven’t won a World Series in 16 years, but they deserve some kind of trophy for perfecting the art of explaining things the team apparently can’t figure out how to fix.

Thursday’s 2025 wrap-up in the Bronx provided more of the same, with general manager Brian Cashman and manager Aaron Boone combining for roughly an hour of injury updates, vague winter objectives and well-worn assurances that the Yankees will try hard again in 2026.

Cashman is 1-for-25 in delivering World Series titles since the Yankees beat the Mets in 2000. Boone is 0-for-8. The fact that both took turns at the podium Thursday means they’ll be returning for another swing, financed again by what we’ll presume to be another top-three payroll, courtesy of Hal Steinbrenner.

So why should anyone believe

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