The Yankees are bludgeoning opponents. How far can this go?

Ladies and gentlemen, I direct your attention to the American League RBI Leader Board to your immediate right. 

Feel free to examine it, to savor it - even rejoice over it - but management does not allow touching or fondling. Perpetrators will be escorted from the website and required to read 10 Mike Lupica columns, as penance. 

As you see, four of the top 12 RBI leaders wear the Midnight Blue. That's not counting Paul Goldschmidt (.345), Ben Rice (.328) and Cody Bellinger (MIA?) Over their last three games, The Yankees have scored 28 runs, spackling over any rotational, bullpen and defensive lapses that would deter their path to glory.

So - keeping your hands to yourself - it's been a generally pleasurable 10 days, if you ignore two wretched home losses to Arizona - which I will happily do, if the team keeps scoring nine per game. This afternoon, with Andrew Healey pitching for Pittsburgh, another nine=spot is not impossible. (Note to juju gods: I'm joking. We all know that ex-Yanks like Healey always shut us down. Hey, how about doing something different, something creative, and maybe let us beat one? Is that too much?)  

Okay, let me state what we all know: This red hot batting order won't last. With the exception of Aaron Judge and maybe Jazz Chisholm, (and maybe, maybe maybe, dare we dream? Anthony Volpe?), a market correction looms. It won't be pretty, and journeymen like Healey are just the types to deliver it. 

Not whining. Not trying to be negative. But the Yankees need a decent game from a starter. Yesterday, Marcus Stroman gave up four earned runs in four innings. That won't work. The bullpen can't keep throwing four-plus innings per game. We're 10 days into 2025, and the Yankees have already blown through one contract - Adam Ottavino - in their quest for the final 12 outs. They've used Luke Weaver for a four-out save. The YES "bullpen budget," posted each game, looks like a hospital ward. 

So, enjoy the show. But no groping.