We all know the saying — he just couldn’t make it in New York.

That line has been thrown around with countless marquee free agent signings and trade acquisitions that wound up bombing out as Yankees. It isn’t enough to just fail, though: players with this unlucky fate often are excellent for a number of years before putting on the pinstripes, struggle immensely or underperform and last nowhere near as long as they were expected to in the Bronx, and then turn things around the moment the bright lights of New York are off of them.

The Bombers have seen their fair share of players that fit the criteria, especially once George Steinbrenner made it his mission to get the biggest names in the sport at any cost. Ed Whitson, Kenny Rogers, and Carl Pavano represent just a few of the famously unsu

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