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The 10 most disappointing, underperforming Yankees teams

By Ryan Morik

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 06: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Alex Avila #13 of the Detroit Tigers celebrates after Alex Rodriguez #13 of the New York Yankees struck out to end Game Five of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium on October 6, 2011 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Tigers defeated the Yankees 3-2 to win the best of five series 3 games to 2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 06: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Alex Avila #13 of the Detroit Tigers celebrates after Alex Rodriguez #13 of the New York Yankees struck out to end Game Five of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium on October 6, 2011 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Tigers defeated the Yankees 3-2 to win the best of five series 3 games to 2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK – JULY 22: Carlos Beltran #36 of the New York Yankees bats during the game against the San Francisco Giants at Yankee Stadium on July 22, 2016 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Rob Tringali/SportsChrome/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – JULY 22: Carlos Beltran #36 of the New York Yankees bats during the game against the San Francisco Giants at Yankee Stadium on July 22, 2016 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Rob Tringali/SportsChrome/Getty Images) /

Yankees disappointment No.10: 2016

After a resurgence of Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez in the 2015 season, along with Didi Gregorius outperforming all expectations, the Yankees were in line for a decent season after a Wild Card appearance the year prior. They also made a huge splash that offseason in acquiring Aroldis Chapman.

Masahiro Tanaka finished in third place in the American League Cy Young Award voting, and CC Sabathia had his best season since 2012. But Tex and A-Rod were total shells of themselves. Teixeira slashed .204/.292/.362 with just 15 homers in 116 games, which probably contributed to his retirement following that year. When Rodriguez called it a career on August 12, he was hitting .200 with just nine home runs in 243 plate appearances. The two guys who carried the Yanks to the postseason a year prior were the main reasons why they were trailing in the standings.

Of course, they went on a rebuild that lasted all of five minutes. The Yankees were 56-56 on August 9, and finished the year 84-78 overall. After trading Carlos Beltran, Andrew Miller, and Chapman, the Yankees went 28-22 in their final 50 games. Who knows what would have happened if Gary Sanchez’s 1.032 OPS lasted an entire season, but that team definitely had postseason hopes on Opening Day.

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