NEW YORK — When the Yankees followed a World Series run with a great start to 2025 playing a bunch of new faces, there was a lot of talk about how they were a better team with Max Fried in the rotation, Cody Bellinger in the outfield and Juan Soto cashing paychecks from the Mets.

Then came almost two months of losing baseball.

Yankees fans were angry and once again complained about Aaron Boone’s managing and general manager Brian Cashman’s roster construction.

Inside the Yankees clubhouse, there was no panic, no real concern.

Boone told his players that they were the best team in the league on July 3 after the Blue Jays took over first by sweeping them four games in Toronto.

As the slump continued, Aaron Judge , Jazz Chisholm and other Yankees kept saying adversity like this hits

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