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Yankees: “One of the worst-built teams” Alex Rodriguez has seen
Félix Forget
Yankees: “One of the worst-built teams” Alex Rodriguez has seen
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The Yankees' 2025 season came to an end on Wednesday night, as the club was eliminated by the Blue Jays in the Division Series. The Jays dominated the series, despite losing Game #3.

It was clearly one-sided.

All of which means that it's time to take stock in the Bronx. The club needs to figure out how it can get back on track… and in Alex Rodriguez's eyes, there's a lot of work to do.

On the set of FS1, the former Yankee chatted about the 2025 version of his former team… and says it was simply one of the worst-built teams he's ever seen.

All nuance.

Rodriguez came to Aaron Boone's defense, saying the manager did what he could with “three catchers hitting from left, five designated hitters and a constantly changing first baseman.”

I'm having trouble understanding who he thinks the five designated hitters are (Giancarlo Stanton is the main one, and Aaron Judge has been on occasion because of his elbow)… but hey.

All of which means that according to A-Rod (who, let's not forget, really doesn't hold Brian Cashman in his heart), Aaron Boone is the person least to blame for his club's elimination. We salute colleague Sébastien Berrouard in passing.

Rodriguez is right that there are elements that could be reviewed and corrected. That said, from the perspective that Brian Cashman had to revamp his entire offense after losing Juan Soto this winter, finding a way to have nine hitters with at least 19 home runs this year in addition to a big rotation (despite the absence of Gerrit Cole and Clarke Schmidt) isn't ugly at all.

There's still work to be done, but to say that the 2025 Yankees were “one of the worst-built teams in recent history” is a bit of a stretch. In fact, I stand corrected: it's completely ridiculous.

We'll see what the Yankees are able to do this winter, because there are indeed some things to readjust in town.

But setting fire to the shack would be a disservice to a team that finished the year with the best record in America (tied with the Jays).

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