According to MLB.com insider Will Leitch, the 2025 New York Yankees are not projected to make the playoffs. Even he acknowledges this is a bold prediction, considering the Yankees won the American League last season and, despite losing Juan Soto in free agency, had a solid offseason.

Last season, the New York Yankees lineup included both Aaron Judge and Juan Soto, two of the greatest offensive threats in modern Major League Baseball. Many compared Judge and Soto to Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, Yankee greats who together, became baseball legends.

Aaron Judge offered support for the Yankees’ big change, but added, “If that little rule is going to stop you from coming here, then you probably shouldn’t be here.”