[OutsiderFan]

The Yankees' trade deadline moves didn't really help them at all. Montas was bad. Trivino was meh. And though Bader was their best offensive performer in the post-season, they still didn't even make it to the WS. They should have traded for Rodon.

Losing three of their top relief Pitchers and DJ LeMahieu doomed them. Another thing that happened was that they traded offense for better defense from '21 to '22, but had the most errors of all the playoff teams. I don't know what happened, but after the AS break they were just not as good as before, and then the defense letting them down in playoffs was a surprise.

Judge reminds me of Barry Bonds in the playoffs. He's so much of the offense that if you really focus on him, you basically dare the rest of the team to beat you. Then again, Gerrit Cole has not delivered for what they paid him. Still, the Yankees didn't lose because they didn't pay enough. They lost because the team wasn't healthy, had a small margin for error, and a team with a $60M lower payroll was better.

As an aside, nice to see one of the highest paid guys - Bryce Harper - perform in the playoffs. But I don't think the Phils have enough to slay the Astros.

[OutsiderFan]

The Yankees' trade deadline moves didn't really help them at all. Montas was bad. Trivino was meh. And though Bader was their best offensive performer in the post-season, they still didn't even make it to the WS. They should have traded for Rodon.

Losing three of their top relief Pitchers and DJ LeMahieu doomed them. Another thing that happened was that they traded offense for better defense from '21 to '22, but had the most errors of all the playoff teams. I don't know what happened, but after the AS break they were just not as good as before, and then the defense letting them down in playoffs was a surprise.

Judge reminds me of Barry Bonds in the playoffs. He's so much of the offense that if you really focus on him, you basically dare the rest of the team to beat you. Then again, Gerrit Cole has not delivered for what they paid him. Still, the Yankees didn't lose because they didn't pay enough. They lost because the team wasn't healthy, had a small margin for error, and a team with a $60M lower payroll was better.

As an aside, nice to see one of the highest paid guys - Bryce Harper - perform in the playoffs. But I don't think the Phils have enough to slay the Astros.