Yankees 2025 Season Book Review
Yankees’ 2025 season memorializes the just-completed Yankee season. In the Yankees’ 2025 Season, every run from every game is included. Yankees 2025 Season also has a separate chapter on the Yankees’ short playoff stay, explaining why they have not won the World Series since 2009 (they used to win just about every season), and hypothesizes what the team should do in the off-season, this very winter. The book is a must-get for the Yankees fan in your life, and it arrives just in time for the holiday season. Are you a Yankees fan?
Yankees 2025 Season Structure
The Yankees 2025 Season book, written by Kevin Sweeney (me) is meant to memorialize the just-completed 2025 season. There is a summary of each game in the Yankees’ 2025 season, including the scoring in the season. They were 94-68 and led Major League Baseball by scoring 859 runs. The games are arranged into monthly chapters, and there is a separate chapter on the playoffs.
So, one has to ask why they did not win the World Series in 2025. There is an answer to that, too, in the book. They allowed 654 (16th best in baseball) runs in 2025, but their major problem was being poor at preventing their opponents from accruing bases. They, in the 2025 season, made a shocking number of mental and physical errors. The typical fan’s frustration with the team’s poor play in 2025 is captured in the book.
You also have to wonder what the team should do before the 2026 season. Sweeney offers a take on what the team should do to return to prominence in 2026. It turns out, they do not have to do much. With minimal changes, they could be very good in 2026, injuries notwithstanding. One lesson from the Yankees’ 2025 Season is that a team cannot have enough pitching.
Why Do They Not Win Anymore?
The team is famous for its annual goal of winning the World Series. They have won the World Series 27 times, the most championships of any professional sports team. However, they have not won the World Series since 2009. Why?
Three reasons are given in the book. First, the institution of Free Agency has proven to be a double-edged sword for the team. They have signed players, lots of them, but they have lost players too, just see Juan Soto before the 2025 season. Second, one of the measures that has been put into place to enhance the competitive balance in baseball is the draft, which selects players in reverse order of record. In this way, bad teams get good players.
The third reason given in the book is another idea put into place to enhance the competitive balance in baseball, which is revenue sharing. Under revenue-sharing, rich teams give money to poor teams, like the Pittsburgh Pirates. There is a lot to do with this concept, and in fact, there is likely to be a lockout before the 2027 season.
Best Thing
Arguably, the best thing about the book is the accounting of the team’s eventful off-season in 2025. The team lost a big free agent in Juan Soto and signed two. The team also made a big trade. These things happened a long time ago, and being refreshed by the book is a useful thing.
Also useful is the capture of the emergence of stars like Ben Rice, Trent Grisham, and Cody Bellinger. The latter two are Free Agents and factor greatly in the 2026 plans. Also useful is the book capturing the trials and tribulations of the Yankees’ pitching staff. The season was probably over in spring training, with star pitcher Garrett Cole needing Tommy John surgery and being lost for the year.
Conclusion
Sweeney is an experienced author and a lifelong Yankees fan, so this book is both well-written and of interest to fans of the team. This book is well-timed to be an inexpensive holiday gift. I recommmened you get several.
