The 10 most disappointing, underperforming Yankees teams
By Ryan Morik
Yankees disappointment No. 9: 2012
The Yankees brought in Hiroki Kuroda, Eric Chavez, and Raul Ibanez during the offseason, and Andy Pettitte came out of retirement. They also made a splash for Ichiro a week before the trade deadline.
Of course, Mariano Rivera tore his ACL, and Jorge Posada had retired, but Rafael Soriano put up Mo-like numbers in his absence, and Russell Martin still blasted 21 home runs.
Derek Jeter wound up leading all of baseball with 216 hits, and he added 15 homers. Robinson Cano was an MVP candidate, and Kuroda and CC Saabthia posted ERAs of 3.32 and 3.38, respectively. Curtis Granderson also blasted a career-high 43 home runs and drove in 106 runs.
The Yankees barely squeaked by the Orioles in the ALDS, which was a troubling sign. And then after yet another heroic performance from Ibanez, Jeter broke his ankle, and all the energy was taken out of the Yankees.
While Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, Andruw Jones and Ichiro did not have the same dominance they once had earlier in their potential Hall of Fame careers, anything would have been better than getting swept by the Tigers, who had won seven fewer games than the Yanks in that regular season.