All right, I'll admit it!

 

I'm drunk on winning! 

What can I tell ya? I never expected a first third of the season like this.

The Yankees have the best record in the American League, and the second best in all of baseball, at 37-17.  That's a .685 pace, and projects to 111 wins on the season.

It's not just that. The Yanks are currently leading the AL in runs, homers, walks, OBP, slugging, OPS plus OPS+, total bases, and even sacrifice flies. They are second in hits and batting average—and only sixth in strikeouts.

More importantly, they are also dominating when it comes to pitching—first in ERA, shutouts, saves, fewest runs and earned runs, and strikeouts (and only 11th in walks).  

Remember how this team was shutout a disturbing 5 times in April? They haven't been blanked since—but have 7 combined shutouts to boast of now. Last night, I actually found myself disappointed that they finally gave up a run to San Diego. I need to snap out of it!! 

But they've been doing all this with last year's Cy Young winner and last year's great prospect, both on the DL. Both look like they will be retuning soon—which could be trouble. (I'm sorry, after so many years of Cashman, I can't help but think like this!!!)  And we're not even talking about Beeter, Spencer, the Second Oswald Theory, etc.

I can't help it, but to me this looks like...DEPTH!

I know, I know. I need an intervention. I need to regain perspective.

This can't possibly last. As Duque reminded us, we are, as always, just a tweak or two from disaster. 

On the other hand...Rizzo hasn't even really started to hit yet. Will he? And if he does??? Verdugo has exceeded (my) expectations. Even—gasp—The Gleyber has been hitting of late!

I don't know what to say.

Yes, everything can go wrong in a minute—probably today. And we've seen this before—just two years ago. As someone wrote, Brian Cashman took that team out back and shot it in the head, like Kristi Noem with a bad puppy. He's fully capable of doing the same in 2024.

The pen still looks suspicious. Are all of these young, over-performing starters really the sorts of invincible veterans a team usually needs in the playoffs? 

Who KNOWS what could go wrong? And the answer to that is usually...everything.

But I'm not alone. The Yankees are also back leading the AL in attendance, with over 1 million fans chowing down on the Rat Feces Dogs already. 

"Could it be? Yes, it could—something's comin', somethin' good...Around the corner—"

Probably a Mack truck. Or another bleeping Dodgers fence. But still—

I'm drunk, drunk I tells ya...but I don't wanna sober up!